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DDG 113 marker- check.

What ships are DDG 114, 115, etc?


638 posted on 04/03/2021 12:34:06 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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***DDG 113 marker- check.

What ships are DDG 114, 115, etc?

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DDG 114 - USS Ralph Johnson - named in honor of a Marine who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for shielding two fellow Marines from a grenade in March 1968 in Vietnam.

DDG 115 - USS Rafael Peralta - named in honor of a Marine who pulled a grenade under his body and saved fellow Marines. He was recommended for the Medal of Honor, but was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross instead.

Both are Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers (64th and 65th of the type, respectively).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer


652 posted on 04/03/2021 12:58:17 PM PDT by Porkchop
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