The 510-foot, missle-guided Navy destroyer was named after the late pioneer, Vice Adm. Samuel Lee Gravely Jr., who was the first African-American in the U.S. Navy to be commissioned, first to serve abaord a fighting ship as an officer and the first to command a Navy ship, become a fleet commander and a flag officer.
Date Taken: | 11.20.2010 |
Date Posted: | 11.30.2010 14:49 |
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Location: | WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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