MOBILE, Ala. - Austal USA shipyard, in Alabama's only port city, hosted the future USS Santa Barbara ship's sponsor and keel authenticator, Mrs. Lolita Zinke on Oct. 27 at a keel laying ceremony. The ship is the 16th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Mrs. Zinke welded her initials into the ship’s keel plate officially authenticating that its keel “has been truly and fairly laid.” Lolita Zinke is a native of Santa Barbara. After graduating from the University of California at Santa Barbara, Lolita graduated from California Western School of Law. Lolita married Ryan Zinke and began a second career as a Navy spouse and additionally served as a civilian employee on the flag officer staff of Adm. Jeremy Boorda at the Chief of U. S. Naval Forces Europe in London. Her husband is a retired Navy SEAL who served in the Navy for 23 years; a former U.S. representative from Montana; and the 52nd Secretary of the Interior. (Source: Seapower Magazine 10/27/20) https://seapowermagazine.org/austal-usa-holds-keel-laying-ceremony-for-the-future-lcs-santa-barbara/
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