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  • CNO Delivers Principal Address at Truxtun Commissioning

    04/27/2009 4:55:36 PM PDT · by SandRat · 3 replies · 276+ views
    NAVY.mil ^ | Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Rebekah Blowers, USN
    CHARLESTON, S.C. (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead delivered the principal address at the commissioning of the Navy's 53rd Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Truxtun (DDG 103), April 25. CNO said the utility and importance of the Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers has been clear in the decision to restart the production line and increase the number of ballistic missile upgrades to the existing DDGs. He said Truxtun is in the most advanced, capable and versatile surface combatant class in the world. "Two weeks ago, it was an Aegis destroyer, USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), that...