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USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) is the 45th Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy.The ship was named for Boatswain's mate Petty officer first class James Eliott Williams (1930–1999), a River Patrol Boat commander and Medal of Honor recipient from the Vietnam War who is considered to be the most decorated enlisted man in Navy history.
Navy Special Boat Unit 20 headquarters at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Virginia, was dedicated the BM1 James E. Williams Building in 1997. [citation needed] Navy guided missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) was named and christened in his honor on June 28, 2003, at Pascagoula, Mississippi. [14]
The guided-missile destroyer James E. Williams was about 50 nautical miles (93 km) from the vessel, and sent a helicopter to investigate the situation. Williams arrived in the vicinity of the Korean ship at midday, local time, and contacted the pirates, ordering them to give up their weapons. The Korean crew then confronted the Somali pirates ...
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number.It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN. CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were approved as destroyers (DDG-47 and DDG-48) and redesignated cruisers before being laid down; it is uncertain whether CG-49 Vincennes and CG-50 Valley Forge were ever authorized as destroyers ...
DDGs 91–96 (USS Pinckney, USS Momsen, USS Chung-Hoon, USS Nitze, USS James E. Williams, and USS Bainbridge) were built with superstructure differences to accommodate the AN/WLD-1 Remote Minehunting System (RMS). [95] However, only Pinckney, Momsen, and Bainbridge were installed with the system before the RMS program was canceled. [28]
Hank and Gwen welcomed their son, Hank Williams III, on Dec. 12, 1972. Speaking with Glide in 2012, Hank III noted he had “a really normal childhood.” He grew up in Nashville with his mother ...
The Rev. Cecil Williams, who with his late wife turned Glide Church in San Francisco into a world-renowned haven for people suffering from poverty and homelessness and living on the margins, has died.
James E. Williams DDG 95 IIA [c] Ingalls Shipbuilding 15 July 2002 25 June 2003 11 December 2004 Norfolk, Virginia Active Bainbridge DDG 96 IIA [c] Bath Iron Works 7 May 2003 13 November 2004 12 November 2005 Norfolk, Virginia Active Halsey DDG 97 IIA [c] Ingalls Shipbuilding 13 January 2002 9 January 2004 30 July 2005 San Diego, California Active