YOKOSUKA, Japan - Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, relieved Cmdr. Angela Gonzales as commanding officer of USS John Finn (DDG 113) on May 19. The ship is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. No reasons were given for the firing. The Navy holds commanding officers to a very high standard and holds them accountable when those standards are not met. Cmdr. Matthew Hays will assume duties as interim commanding officer of DDG 113. Gonzales has been administratively reassigned to Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. (US Navy 05/22/23)
Regional Note: The contract to build DDG-113 was awarded to Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi, on June 15, 2011, and launched March 28, 2015.
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