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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Vice President Mike Pence will participate in the christening of the future USSIndiana on Saturday at Huntington Ingalls Shipyard in Newport News.

Construction on the Virginia-class fast attack submarine began in September 2012 under a teaming agreement between Newport News and General Dynamics Electric Boat.

Indiana (SSN 789) is the 16th Virginia-class fast attack submarine and the sixth Virginia-class Block III submarine.

Vice President Mike Pence, who previously served as the 50th governor of Indiana, will deliver the ceremonys principal address.

Fourteen crew members from the USS Indiana that served in the Pacific during World War II will be at Saturdays ceremony. It means an awful lot, said Albert J. Vicarelli, a signalman during the war.

Diane Donald, wife of retired Adm. Kirkland H. Donald, director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion from 2004 to 2012, is serving as the ships sponsor. This is very near and dear to my heart because I spent 37 years with the submarine force, she said. Being able to be a ship sponsor of a submarine makes it extra special.

Saturdays ceremony begins at 11 am. Stay with News 3 for updates.

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