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The usJack H. Lucas (DDG 125) was formally commissioned into energetic service for the US Navy throughout a ceremony attended by 1000’s on the Port of Tampa on Saturday.
“Commissioning the Jack H. Lucas means we proceed to ship quick, agile, and networked floor combatants to the Navy. The Jack H. Lucas is constructed to combat. It’s a quick, maneuverable, versatile, and deadly ship – able to tackling any mission it’s given,” the Honorable Erik Raven, under-secretary of the Navy, stated on the ship’s commissioning in Tampa, Florida.
U.S.S. Jack H Lucas commissioning was attended by 1000’s on Saturday, October 7. (FOX 13)
“It is going to preserve the Navy and Marine Corps adaptive and prepared, and likewise uphold our dedication to sustaining the free circulate of commerce, deterring navy aggression, and facilitating fast responses to pure disasters throughout the globe,” Raven stated.
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The ship is the Navy’s latest and most technologically superior guided missile destroyer.
The ship was named after Non-public First Class Jack H Lucas who served within the U.S. Marines throughout World Struggle II and earned the Medal of Honor for his heroism at Iwo Jima. (FOX 13)
The 511-foot ship is known as after Non-public First Class Jack H. Lucas, who served within the U.S. Marines throughout World Struggle II, incomes the Medal of Honor for his heroism at Iwo Jima.
“He enlisted within the Marine Corp at solely the age of 14 and by the point he was 17, he was at Iwo Jima and dove on two Grenades and pulled them below himself to save lots of the lives of the Koreans proper by him,” Lt. Dan McCormack stated to FOX 13.
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In a press launch, the Division of Protection stated that Lucas was the youngest Marine and youngest serviceman in World Struggle II to be awarded the US’ highest navy ornament for valor.
Folks attend the commissioning of the usS. Jack H Lucas on the Port of Tampa on Saturday. (FOX 13)
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The ship’s subsequent cease would be the naval base in San Diego, California the place it should enter a coaching cycle earlier than getting assigned for deployment.
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