|
The U.S. Navy christened this Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer on June 24, 2000 at Litton's Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. DDG 84 was named in honor of Navy Vice Adm. John Duncan Bulkeley, (1911-1996). Bulkeley received the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and numerous other decorations for his heroic actions during World War II. This illustration captures items from throughout his naval career. He’s pictured (top left) from his days as a Naval Academy Midshipman and as a Vice Admiral. The lower left corner shows PT 41 and the PT 35 motor torpedo boats, which Bulkeley commanded to evacuate Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur and President Quezon from the Philippines. He destroyed several Japanese planes, surface combatants, and merchant ships. The ship pictured in the center right of the drawing is the destroyer USS Endicott (DD 495), which Bulkeley commanded during the invasion of Southern France – sinking the German Corvettes Nimet Allah and Capriola. Following the war, he became president of the Board of Inspection and Survey (as depicted top right). [Illustration by Peter K. Hsu of Anteon Corporation]
|
![The U.S. Navy christened this Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer on June 24, 2000 at Litton's Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. DDG 84 was named in honor of Navy Vice Adm. John Duncan Bulkeley, (1911-1996). Bulkeley received the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and numerous other decorations for his heroic actions during World War II. This illustration captures items from throughout his naval career. He’s pictured (top left) from his days as a Naval Academy Midshipman and as a Vice Admiral. The lower left corner shows PT 41 and the PT 35 motor torpedo boats, which Bulkeley commanded to evacuate Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur and President Quezon from the Philippines. He destroyed several Japanese planes, surface combatants, and merchant ships. The ship pictured in the center right of the drawing is the destroyer USS Endicott (DD 495), which Bulkeley commanded during the invasion of Southern France – sinking the German Corvettes Nimet Allah and Capriola. Following the war, he became president of the Board of Inspection and Survey (as depicted top right). [Illustration by Peter K. Hsu of Anteon Corporation]](http://www.hspig.org/albums/NAVSEA/220_G.sized.jpg "The U.S. Navy christened this Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer on June 24, 2000 at Litton's Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. DDG 84 was named in honor of Navy Vice Adm. John Duncan Bulkeley, (1911-1996). Bulkeley received the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and numerous other decorations for his heroic actions during World War II. This illustration captures items from throughout his naval career. He’s pictured (top left) from his days as a Naval Academy Midshipman and as a Vice Admiral. The lower left corner shows PT 41 and the PT 35 motor torpedo boats, which Bulkeley commanded to evacuate Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur and President Quezon from the Philippines. He destroyed several Japanese planes, surface combatants, and merchant ships. The ship pictured in the center right of the drawing is the destroyer USS Endicott (DD 495), which Bulkeley commanded during the invasion of Southern France – sinking the German Corvettes Nimet Allah and Capriola. Following the war, he became president of the Board of Inspection and Survey (as depicted top right). [Illustration by Peter K. Hsu of Anteon Corporation]")
