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San Diego-based shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO has laid the keel for the future USNS Robert F. Kennedy, honoring the late U.S. Attorney General and New York senator, the company announced Dec. 5. Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the vessel’s sponsor and the daughter of the man the vessel is named after, was present to etch her initials onto a steel plate that is to be added to the keel of the vessel. The USNS Robert F. Kennedy is the U.S. Navy’s fourth ship in the John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler program. The vessel is part of a multi-vessel contract…