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The U.S. Navy named its newest research ship for the first man to walk on the moon at a christening ceremony at the Port of Anacortes, Wash. on Saturday (March 29). The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will operate the R/V Neil Armstrong (AGOR 27) to continue science studies in the Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian ocean regions. The first vessel in its class, “the R/V Neil Armstrong will provide a continuum of exploration for the next 50 years,” said Carol Armstrong, the widow of the Apollo 11 astronaut and sponsor of the ship.