JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A new Navy destroyer commissioned in New York City will call Naval Station Mayport home on Sunday.
The Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer is named after Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone who received the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942.
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He was killed in action during the Feb. 1945 invasion of Iwo Jima and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross, making him the only enlisted Marine to have both the Navy Cross and Medal of Honor.
The USS John Basilone (DDG 122) is expected to arrive Sunday afternoon.