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Semper Fidelis: Miguel Keith
« on: May 07, 2021, 12:02:42 pm »
 Semper Fidelis: Miguel Keith

by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sonja Wickard
05 May 2021
 
 This month, the Navy will place USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) in commission during a ceremony in San Diego, California.

The ship commissioning ceremony has been observed by many navies around the world for more than three centuries and in our own fleet since 1775, when the first ship of the Continental Navy, the Alfred, was commissioned.Once commissioned, a ship becomes a Navy command and joins the other active ships in the fleet.
 
The ship’s namesake is Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Lance Cpl. Miguel Keith. Born 2 June 1951, in San Antonio, Texas, Keith enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in January of 1969 after graduating from North High School in Omaha, Nebraska, the previous year.

https://allhands.navy.mil/Stories/Display-Story/Article/2596756/semper-fidelis-miguel-keith/