CDR John G. Morgan Jr., commanding officer of the guided missile destroyer USS ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG-51), holds an umbrella for Roberta Burke as she addresses the crowd gathered for the destroyer's commissioning ceremony. Named in honor of retired ADM Arleigh Burke, the ship is one of the few U.S. Navy vessels named after a living person
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Norfolk
State: Virginia(VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Sw) Jeff Elliott
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
04/07/1991
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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