USS Michael Monsoor, DDG-1001
Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer
This second ship in the revolutionary Zumwalt class is named after a US Navy SEAL who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for valor in Iraq.
See:
news.usni.org/2016/06/20/navy-christens-ddg-1001
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
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USS Rafael Peralta, DDG-115
Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer
This destroyer was named after a Mexican-born Marine who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for valor in Iraq.
See:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/01/uss-raf...
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
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Floating dry-dock, Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Used to assemble and launch ships including those of the Arleigh Burke-class and Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers.
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Model of DD-727, USS DeHaven, and Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer built at the Bath Iron Works during World War II.
Model photographed at the Maine Maritime Museum.
My father served aboard DD-760, USS John W. Thomason,
another Sumner-class destroyer, during the Korean War.
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Maine Memorial Museum:
www.mainemaritimemuseum.org/about/
Memorial to six-master "Wyoming," the largest wooden vessel built in the United States:
www.mainemaritimemuseum.org/exhibits/shipyard-maine-percy...
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