The USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) was commissioned at the Port of Tampa in Florida on Saturday as the Navy's most technologically advanced guided missile destroyer.
The USS Jack H. Lucas was officially commissioned into active service for the United States Navy during a ceremony attended by thousands at the Port of Tampa on Saturday. 'Commissioning the Jack H. Lucas means we continue to deliver fast, agile, and networked surface combatants to the Navy. The Jack H. Lucas is built to fight.
The ship is the Navy's newest and most technologically advanced guided missile destroyer. The 511-foot ship is named after Private First Class Jack H. Lucas, who served in the U.S. Marines during World War II, earning the Medal of Honor for his heroism at Iwo Jima. 'He enlisted in the Marine Corp at only the age of 14 and by the time he was 17, he was at Iwo Jima and dove on two Grenades and pulled them under himself to save the lives of the Koreans right by him,' Lt.
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