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The ship, named for Messman Second Class Doris Miller, is the first aircraft carrier named for both an enlisted sailor and an African American. [8] The ship will be the second to honor Miller, who received the Navy Cross for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor; the first ship was USS Miller (FF-1091).
USS Miller (FF-1091), originally (DE-1091), was a Knox-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was named for Cook Third Class Doris "Dorie" Miller , who was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions at the attack on Pearl Harbor .
USS Miller (FF-1091), a destroyer escort (reclassified as a Knox-class frigate on June 30, 1975) [57] commissioned on June 30, 1973; [58] decommissioned on October 15, 1991, was named after him. The Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at Naval Station Great Lakes was dedicated to Miller on December 7, 1971.
The Cleveland-class cruiser USS Little Rock and the Fletcher-class destroyer USS The Sullivans were part of the original display. [1] In 1988, the Gato-class submarine USS Croaker was added. [1] In 1989, Croaker underwent a refit. The ships in the park remain property of the United States Navy, which inspects them annually. [2]
†Doris Miller: First African-American to receive the Navy Cross, namesake of frigate USS Miller, [42] and of USS Doris Miller, [43] a Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier scheduled to be laid down in 2026 and launched in 2029. [44] †Henry M. Mullinnix: Admiral of Carrier Division 24, namesake of destroyer USS Mullinnix [42]
Charles H. McMorris, namesake of USS McMorris (DE-1036) Luke McNamee, [14] 10th and 12th Naval Governor of Guam, and 21st Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence; Doris "Dorie" Miller (first African American recipient), namesake of USS Miller (FF-1091) and USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) Marc Mitscher (three awards) John Anderson Moore (three ...
Black Iron Submarine also features Ai Haibara, who was also once a fully grown person and actually developed the pill that shrunk Conan when she was a researcher by the name of Shiho Miyano.
USS Gridley, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer The first automotive torpedo was developed in 1866, and the torpedo boat was developed soon after. In 1898, while the Spanish–American War was being fought in the Caribbean and the Pacific, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt wrote that the Spanish torpedo boat destroyers were the only threat to the American navy, and pushed for ...