Keywords: US Navy 071215-N-8269F-001 Two Sailors prepare to raise the commissioning pennant at the commissioning ceremony for USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19).jpg en PANAMA CITY Fla Dec 15 2007 Two Sailors prepare to raise the commissioning pennant at the commissioning ceremony for USS Mesa Verde LPD 19 The ship is named after Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado a significant archaeological and anthropological site that in 1906 Congress established as the first cultural park in the National Park Systems U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gino Flores Released 2007-12-15 071215-N-8269F-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 53870 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gino Flores PD-USGov-Military-Navy Commissioning of USS Mesa Verde LPD-19 |