Ceremony Recognizes Korean War Medal Of Honor Recipient With Start Of New Destroyer
November 18 2015
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Maine has laid the keel for another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, reports the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command.
The keel for the future Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) was authenticated during a Monday ceremony at the shipyard.
The ship is the second of two destroyers under construction at Bath Iron Works. The first, Rafael Peralta (DDG-115), was launched on Nov. 1.
Thomas Hudner was a Medal of Honor recipient who crash-landed his plane in an...
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