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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Lawmaker wants DDG named for ‘grunt padre’

Zumwalt class destroyer (DDG-1000)New York congressman wants the Navy to name its next destroyer after a chaplain from his district who was awarded the Medal of Honor after being killed in action in Vietnam.

Rep. Michael McMahon, a Democrat, sent a letter Thursday to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus asking that the Navy’s next destroyer be named for Lt. Vincent Capodanno, who was serving with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines in 1967 when his unit came under attack by the North Vietnamese. Under heavy fire, the “grunt padre” gave last rites to wounded and dying Marines and was killed trying to help a wounded corpsman.

The Navy already named one warship for Capodanno — a Knox-class frigate that served from 1973 to 1993, then was sold to Turkey in 2002. McMahon said that ship’s service adds another reason for the Navy to use Capodanno’s name again.

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