VADM Navy (ret.) Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator, thanks those at VT Halter Marine and NOAA who made the PISCES launch possible.

Dr. Annette Nevin Shelby, sponsor, christens PISCES

PISCES ceremony gets underway with presentation of colors by the Moss Point, Mississippi, High School NJROTC Color Guard.

PISCES is launched into the Escawtawpa River at VT Halter Marine's Moss Point, Mississippi, shipyard.

VIPS in front of platform. From left to right: John Oliver, Deputy Assistant Administrator, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service; Brig. General Boyd E. King, USA (ret.), CEO, VT Halter Marine; Navy Retired Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacker, Jr., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator; Dr. Annette Nevin Shelby, Professor Emerita, Georgetown University; Gen. John C. Coburn, USA (ret.); Rear Admiral Jonathan W. Bailey, NOAA, Director, NOAA Corps and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, CDR Philip Gruccio, NOAA, PISCES Commanding Officer-select; and LCDR MacGregor McClellan, USN, Chaplain.

WLOX-TV reporter interviews Molly Mohler, 10th grade student at Southaven High School in Southaven, Mississippi. Molly was a member of the Sacred Heart School student team that named the ship last year.

Dr. Annette Nevin Shelby, sponsor, presents engraved clock, a gift to the ship, to PISCES Commanding Officer-Select Commander Philip Gruccio, NOAA.