Sailors practice a commissioning ceremony for the Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided-missile destroyer USS Jack H Lucas in Tampa, Florida on 4 October 2023. Image courtesy of EJ Hersom and retrieved from Stars and Stripes.
A total of 19 Navy ships have been named by Del Toro in the past two weeks. The ships span two aircraft carriers, four submarines, five destroyers, two fleet replenishment oilers, a frigate, an amphibious ship, an expeditionary medical ship, two ocean surveillance ships and a first-in-class amphibious ship.
The latest slew of ships to be named included the future USS McClung, the first ship in the new McClung-class of medium landing ships. The Navy’s Medium Landing Ship program, previously called the Light Amphibious Warship program, seeks to purchase and build 18 to 35 new amphibious ships to support Marine Corps operations. The ships are meant to transport troops and equipment from ship to shore. The first-in-class ship honors Maj. Megan McClung, a Marine Corps public affairs officer who was killed in action while serving in Iraq. This will be the first Navy vessel to bear her name.
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