The US Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS John Basilone, has been commissioned. DDG 122 became the 74th ship of her class and the second ship to bear the namesake of John ...

The U.S. Navy will commission the future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone (DDG 122) on November 9, 2024, in New York City. The new warship, built by General Dynamics Bath ...

The following is the Nov. 9, 2024, commissioning ceremony for the guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone (DDG-122) in New York City.

The Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer is named after Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone received the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. Sgt.

The United States Navy commissioned a new destroyer over the weekend in New York City, and it was named after legendary World War II hero U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone. Appropriately, the ...

A crew with General Dynamics Bath Iron Works successfully demonstrated the operational capability of the latest destroyer commissioned by the U.S. Navy. The John Basilone (DDG 122) completed ...

The decision to have the seventh Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the late Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi continues to be controversial. The same certainly can’t be said of ...