Secretary Mabus Names Next Destroyer Carl M. Levin
160411-N-TO818-040 DETROIT (April 11, 2016) Former Sen. Carl M. Levin views a graphic representation of the Arleigh Burke class destroyer named in his honor by Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus during a ship naming ceremony at the General Motors Renaissance Center. During his 36 years in the Senate, Levin was a member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and its chair for more than nine years. He also served as chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, as a member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He led the Senate in adoption of the Defense Authorization Acts from 2007 through January 2015 when he retired. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Linda J. Andreoli/Released)