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  • Newest Guided-Missile Destroyer USS Halsey Enters the Fleet

    08/02/2005 6:40:15 PM PDT · by SandRat · 12 replies · 948+ views
    Navy NewsStand ^ | Aug 2, 2005 | Journalist Seaman Joseph Caballero
    SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) July 30 in a ceremony at Pier J, Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, Calif. Arizona Sen. John McCain, former naval officer, was the key speaker for the event. In his speech, he paid special tribute to his grandfather Adm. John McCain and Fleet Adm. William F. “Bull” Halsey. “My family owes a great debt of gratitude to Adm. Halsey, who personally ordered my grandfather be present on the deck of the USS Missouri when the Japanese formally surrendered,” said Sen. McCain. “For...