General Dynamics NASSCO Lays Keel of the USNS William McLean

General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) , today laid the keel for USNS William McLean, the twelfth ship of the Lewis and Clark class of dry cargo-ammunition ships (T-AKE). The ship is named in honor of the U.S. Navy physicist who in the 1950s pioneered the technology behind the Sidewinder missile, the first effective U.S. air-to-air missile.