The USS Carl M. Levin, a ship named in honor of a former US senator from Michigan, is set for commissioning into the U.S. Navy on Saturday in Baltimore, Maryland.
Born in Detroit, Levin served six terms in the United States Senate, becoming the longest-serving U.S. senator in state history.
Levin also served as a chairman on the Senate’s Armed Services Committee from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2007 until his retirement in 2015.
The commissioning ceremony will start at 10 a.m. EST.
Those interested in viewing the ceremony live may do so on DVIDS at https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31729.
Following the ceremony, the ship will make its way to its homeport at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii where it will serve in the U.S. Navy’s surface fleet.
