Guests of honor at the launching ceremony for the fleet oiler PLATTE (AO-186) stand for a group picture. They are, from left to right: M. Lee Rice, president Ogden Transportation Corporation, VADM Earl B. Fowler, commander Naval Sea Systems Command, Al Bossier, president, Avondale Shipyard, Inc., Mrs. Bobby Inman, sponsor, ADM Bobby Inman, deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency and CDR M. G. Simpson, supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair, New Orleans