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  • Navy Commissions Latest High-tech Destroyer

    03/07/2005 5:48:42 PM PST · by SandRat · 28 replies · 1,346+ views
    Navy NewsStand ^ | 03/07/05 | Journalist 2nd Class Matt Grills
    NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The Navy commissioned its most advanced guided-missile destroyer to date, USS Nitze (DDG 94), in a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., March 5. Cmdr. Michael Hegarty took command of Nitze in a ceremony that included remarks from former Secretary of the Navy John Lehman, Undersecretary of the Navy Dionel Aviles, Rear Adm. Charles Hamilton II, program executive officer - ships, and Rear Adm. Michael Nowakowski, commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott, 3rd District of Virginia, and Randy Forbes, 4th District, were among the honored guests. Lehman congratulated Nitze’s inaugural crew,...