US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) James L. Autrey, Commanding Officer (CO), USS HALSEY (DDG 96), addresses guests and crew members as the Navy's newest Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer is commissioned. The ceremony marked the formal entrance of the guided missile destroyer into the fleet. The ship named after US Naval Academy graduate Fleet Admiral (ADM) William "Bull" Halsey Jr., who commanded South Pacific Force and South Pacific Area during World War II (WWII)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Halsey (DDG 97)
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: DDG-96
Scene Camera Operator: Li1 John P. Kass, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
1940
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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