Date: Friday, Jun 27, 2025 – Saturday, Jun 28, 2025
Location: Pascagoula, Mississippi
Type: Media Advisory
What: HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division will host the christening ceremony for the future USS
Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), the third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at the shipyard, on Sat., June 28.
This event is NOT open to the public but will be livestreamed at the following link:
Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129) Christening - HII. Media members are invited to the christening event and to participate in a media preview day on Fri., June 27.
Who: The media preview day on Fri., June 27 will include the mast-stepping ceremony and a visit to the christening site for interviews with family members of the ship namesake and Ingalls leadership. Media interviews will also be available with the ship co-sponsors and daughters of the namesake, Madeleine Denton Doak and Mary Denton Lewis following the christening ceremony.
When:
Media Preview Day
- Friday, June 27
- Media check-in: 8:30 a.m., Event begins at 9:00 a.m.
Christening Ceremony
- Saturday, June 28
- Media check-in: 8:15 a.m., Event begins at 9:00 a.m.
Where: Media will park at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Human Resource Building (1000 Jerry St. Pé HWY, Pascagoula, MS 39567) both days and will be transported by van to and from the event sites.
Directions to parking: Once on Jerry St. Pé HWY, take a left at the first light you come to. Follow the road to the parking lot for the Ingalls Human Resource Building. Media will park in the visitor spaces on the side of the HR building for both media preview day and the ceremony day.
RSVP: Confirmation of media attendance is required for both events. Please RSVP by
NOON on
Wednesday, June 25. You must present a photo ID and be a U.S. citizen to be admitted to the events. Please RSVP to:
Kimberly Aguillard
Kimberly.K.Aguillard@hii-co.com
228-355-5663
About HII
HII is America’s largest shipbuilder, delivering the world’s most powerful ships and all-domain mission technologies, including unmanned systems, to U.S. and allied defense customers. HII is the largest producer of unmanned underwater vehicles for the U.S. Navy and the world.
With a more than 140-year history of advancing U.S. national security, HII builds and integrates defense capabilities extending from the core fleet to C6ISR, AI/ML, EW and synthetic training. Headquartered in Virginia, HII’s workforce is 44,000 strong.
