DDG-122 will be the second warship named to honor Basilone, following the Gearing-class destroyer USS Basilone (DD-824), which was commissioned in 1949 and served with the U.S. Navy until it was ...

Higbee is the first woman to have a U.S. warship named after her. The first USS Higbee -- a Gearing-class destroyer nicknamed "The Leaping Lenah"-- was christened in 1944 and served in the Pacific ...

Craig (DD-885) was named in his honor. The John R. Craig was a Gearing class destroyer, a sister ship to the USS Orleck, which is now a museum vessel here in Jacksonville. The two Craig brothers ...

Technological advances have improved the capability of modern destroyers culminating in the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class replacing the older Charles F. Adams and Farragut class guided missile ...