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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Navy To Commission Guided-Missile Destroyer Truxtun

Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755-1822)The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, Truxtun, will be commissioned Saturday, April 25, 2009, during an 11 a.m. EDT ceremony at Charleston, S.C.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Carol Leigh Roelker and Susan Scott Martin, descendants of the ship’s namesake, will serve as sponsors of the ship.

The ceremony will be highlighted by a time-honored Navy tradition when they give the first order to “man our ship and bring her to life!”

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