Sunday, October 8, 2023

Ingalls-built DDG commissioned

TAMPA, Fla. - Hattiesburg native Capt. Jack H. Lucas was the youngest serviceman in WWII to receive the Medal of Honor. He joined the Navy at age 17. On Oct. 7 in Tampa, the Navy commissioned an Ingalls-built Arleigh Burke class Flight III guided-missile destroyer (DDG 125) that bears his name. (WLOX 10/07/23) USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) commissioned in Tampa, joins the Navy’s active fleet (wlox.com) 

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