The secretary of the Navy announced the sea service will name a new destroyer after a WWII hero aptly referred to as the 'Human Tugboat.' Another day, another drone intercept in the Red Sea. The destroyer's modernization period includes installation of the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missile system. The Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided-missile destroyer (DDG 120) was commissioned in June. The Pentagon is sending the Thomas Hudner, a destroyer, and F-35 fighter jets after Iran tried to seize two oil tankers near the strait early this month. Cmdr. Jeffrey Applebaugh, who has served as the commanding officer of the USS Stout since October 2022, was ousted due to a “loss of confidence." Cmdr. Angela Gonzales was relieved of command late last week. An Arleigh Burke destroyer will be named for retired Navy Capt. Thomas Gunning Kelley, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced. The wreckage of the USS Jacob Jones was recently discovered off the southwest coast of England by a group of UK diving experts. The World War II Navy destroyer has become the deepest wreck to be discovered, according to explorers. Load More