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    GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER SHOUP TO BE COMMISSIONED
    The U.S. Navy will commission Arleigh Burke class guided missile
    destroyer, Shoup (DDG 86), on Saturday, June 22, 2002, during an
    11 a.m. PST ceremony at Port Terminal 37 in Seattle.
    The ship honors 22nd commandant of the Marine Corps and Medal of
    Honor recipient Gen. David M. Shoup (1904-1983) for his actions
    during the initial landings on Betio, Tarawa Atoll, in the
    Pacific on Nov. 20-22, 1943. While in command of the Second
    Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, he carried out his
    leadership duties and exposed himself to withering enemy fire
    despite suffering a serious, painful leg wound, which had become
    infected.
    On Jan. 22, 1945, Shoup received the Medal of Honor for his
    actions. The citation read in part: "By his brilliant
    leadership, daring tactics and selfless devotion to duty,
    Colonel Shoup was largely responsible for the final decisive
    defeat of the enemy." He was also awarded the Purple Heart (oak
    leaf cluster), Legions of Merit with Combat V and the British
    Distinguished Service order.
    In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Shoup the
    commandant of the Marine Corps. Later, he was known as President
    John F. Kennedy's "favorite general." When President Lyndon
    Johnson pinned the Distinguished Service Medal on Shoup in 1964,
    Johnson described him as "strong enough to prevent a war and
    wise enough to avoid one."
    Shoup died on Jan. 13, 1983, at the age of 78. No previous Navy
    ship has been named for Shoup.
    Gen. James L. Jones, 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, will
    deliver the ceremony's principal address. Zola Shoup, widow of
    the ship's namesake, and Claudia Natter, wife of Adm. Robert J.
    Natter, commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, will both serve as ship
    sponsors. Matron of Honor, Lt. Col. Catherine Chase, USMCR, will
    represent her grandmother at the ceremony. Together, in the
    time-honored Navy tradition, Mrs. Natter and Lt. Col. Chase will
    give the order to "man our ship and bring her to life!"
    Shoup is the 36th of 58 Arleigh Burke class destroyers currently
    authorized by Congress and the 16th of this DDG 51 Aegis
    destroyer program to be built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems.
    These multi-mission ships can conduct a variety of operations,
    from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and
    power projection, in support of the national military strategy.
    These combatant ships are equipped with the Navy's Aegis combat
    systems, which combines satellite-based communication, radar and
    weapons technologies in a single platform for unlimited
    flexibility while operating "Forward... from the Sea."
    Construction of DDG 86 began at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems'
    Ingalls Operations on Nov. 10, 1998. The ship's keel was laid
    on Dec. 13, 1999, and she was launched on Nov. 22, 2000. DDG 86
    sailed into the Gulf of Mexico for her first sea trials on Dec.
    11, 2001. The ship was delivered to the Navy by Northrop
    Grumman on Feb. 18, 2002, and departed Pascagoula on April 22,
    2002.
    Following its commissioning, Shoup will join the U.S. Pacific
    Fleet with Cmdr. E. Bernard Carter, a native of Hopkins, S.C.,
    as the commanding officer. The ship will be homeported in
    Everett, Wash., with a crew of approximately 383. Shoup is
    509.5 feet in length, and has a waterline beam of 59 feet. Four
    gas-turbine engines power the 9,300 ton ship to speeds in excess
    of 30 knots.
    For more information on Arleigh Burke class destroyers, visit
    http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib...s/ship-dd.html.

    Sempers,

    Roger

    Last edited by thedrifter; 06-20-02 at 06:42 PM.

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    TopGunny
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    Talking USS SHOUP, DDG 86

    Had the pleasure to be there at NS Everett watching the ceremony, and observing CMC General Jones as speaker.

    Was covered by KIRO television station 7, a CBS affialite, and story in The Tacoma News Tribune.

    Excellent choice!!

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    Exclamation It's About Time

    The Navy has recently begun to throw more light on the Navy-Marine Corps relationship and is trying to hitch themselves to our wagon. In fact, some of you may have seen the new N/MC team commercial. I guess they are trying to bolster their own image by showing they work with us. I think it is some kind of PR campaign.

    By the way, maybe they should rename the Naval Academy to the Naval and Marine Corps Academy, seeing as the institution turns out Marine officers too. If they really want to share they should do that. The school's football stadium in already titled Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Field.


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