Ship Sponsor Nikki Stratton (left foreground) and Electric Boat welder Bob Hobday prepare to weld Stratton's initials into a plate that will be placed on the future USS Arizona (SSN 803), during the boat's keel authentication ceremony at the Electric Boat Quonset Point Facility in North Kingstown, R.I., Dec. 7. The submarine will be the first U.S. naval vessel to bear the name Arizona since battleship USS Arizona (BB 39) was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.