UPI – The U.S. Navy has named one of its future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers to honor former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, the Navy announced on Monday.
DDG 133 is among the new class of the DDG-51 Flight III baseline that is centered around the AMDR/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar system, according to the U.S. Navy.
Nunn, 80, served in the U.S. Coast Guard 1959 to 1960 and remained in the Coast Guard Reserve until 1968. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972 from Georgia and served until 1997.
Nunn served as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
