Navy Commissions Ship Named in Honor of Frank E. Petersen Jr.
In a ceremony attended by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Gilday, the U.S. Navy commissioned its latest Arleigh Burke–class destroyer, the USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121), in Charleston, South Carolina, on 14 May. The ship is named in honor of the first black U.S.
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