3.2K views · 240 reactions | The USS Delbert D. Black, the Navy’s newest destroyer, entered service Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. The ship is named for the first sailor to hold that rank of Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, and is equipped with the Aegis air-and-missile defense system. READ MORE: https://www.stripes.com/news/navy/navy-s-newest-destroyer-is-named-for-a-former-top-enlisted-man-and-pearl-harbor-survivor-1.646648 | Stars and Stripes | Facebook

23 reactions | The Navy commissioned its newest destroyer and named it after a man who deliberately crash-landed a perfectly good aircraft behind enemy lines. But the man who became the first American serviceman in the Korean War to receive the Medal of Honor (and the man who lent his name to the USS Thomas Hudner) had a darn good reason, perhaps the best of reasons. Click the link in our bio to listen to the History Guy with this story! | Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb | Facebook

3K views · 32 reactions | The USS John Basilone was commissioned into the US Navy fleet at this poignant ceremony against the backdrop of New York’s skyline   The ship is the US Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer  Watch here  | Forces News | Facebook