The jaunty countenance brightens the otherwise gloomy scene.
Air is misty and acrid from welding and grease.
Workers in hardhats and bulky blue coveralls bustle past the clumps of cables looped from door to watertight door. Nancy Reagan christens CVN-76 on March 4. The workers are readying the freshly christened aircraft carrier, CVN-76, the Ronald Reagan, for sea trials next March. Resting dockside in the tan-colored James River, the Reagan incorporates the latest military and civilian technology. That way crew members will be able to e-mail home when they come off watch.