British Want US Destroyer
Pretty cool article from Stars and Stripes, on an impressive Navy ship and crew:
In a rare move, the British Navy has asked for a U.S. destroyer to sail as part of the British strike group, U.S. Navy officials said Wednesday.
The crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry made such a positive impression earlier this year during the ship’s participation with the British Navy in the Neptune Warrior exercise that one of the U.S. military’s closest allies asked exclusively for the crew’s return, said U.S. Navy Capt. John Nowell Jr., commander of Destroyer Squadron 60.
“I don’t think that has ever happened before,” Nowell said in an interview following a change-of-command ceremony aboard the warship as it sat pierside in downtown Naples’ busy port.
Here's the Barry's website.
In a rare move, the British Navy has asked for a U.S. destroyer to sail as part of the British strike group, U.S. Navy officials said Wednesday.
The crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry made such a positive impression earlier this year during the ship’s participation with the British Navy in the Neptune Warrior exercise that one of the U.S. military’s closest allies asked exclusively for the crew’s return, said U.S. Navy Capt. John Nowell Jr., commander of Destroyer Squadron 60.
“I don’t think that has ever happened before,” Nowell said in an interview following a change-of-command ceremony aboard the warship as it sat pierside in downtown Naples’ busy port.
Here's the Barry's website.
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