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Friday, September 20, 2013

Navy Destroyers To Be Named After San Diego War Heroes

Arleigh Burke class destroyerThree destroyers will be named after military heroes with San Diego County ties at a ceremony tomorrow, the Navy announced today.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers will be the USS John Finn, USS Ralph Johnson and USS Rafael Peralta. Family members of each namesake are scheduled to attend the ceremony at Navy Base San Diego, according to the Navy.

Finn, a longtime San Diego County resident, manned a machine gun at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the attack on Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. He fired at Japanese aircraft for more than two hours despite being shot in the arm and foot, and receiving numerous shrapnel wounds.

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