US Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), The Honorable William S. Cohen (left) and Former US Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Paul H. Nitze, pose for a photograph with a model of a US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke Class: (Flight IIA) Guided Missile Destroyer (Aegis) ship at a Pentagon press conference, following the announcement that a destroyer will be named in honor of Mr. Nitze. USS NITZE (DDG 94), which is due to join the fleet in 2004, is a multi-mission ship designed to operate in support of carrier battle groups, surface action groups, and amphibious groups. The destroyers primarily mission is to perform anti-submarine, anti-air and anti-surface warfare roles.''
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Pentagon
State: District Of Columbia (DC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: R. D. Ward, CIV
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
10/01/2001
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The U.S. National Archives
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