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USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, first of the Flight III variants and 75th overall in the class. She is named after then-Marine Corps Private First Class, later United States Army captain Jacklyn H. Lucas, recipient of the Medal of Honor. On 17 September 2016, she was named by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.




Construction


Jack H. Lucas was launched on 4 June 2021, and christened 26 March 2022. The ship was commissioned on 7 October 2023 with the ceremony taking place in Tampa, Florida.




Operational history


Jack H. Lucas left Ingalls on 12 December 2022 for three days of sea trials before returning to port on 15 December 2022.
On 27 June 2023, the US Navy formally took delivery of Jack H. Lucas from Ingalls. She remained in Pascagoula for another 120 days after delivery to allow the crew to move onto the ship.
On 26 September 2023, Jack H. Lucas left Ingalls for her home port in San Diego, California, with a stopover in Florida. She was commissioned in Tampa Bay on 7 October 2023.




Namesake



Jacklyn Harold "Jack" Lucas (1928–2008) was a U.S. Marine, and later U.S. Army airborne officer, who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Iwo Jima, at the age of 17. He is the youngest Marine and youngest serviceman in World War II to be awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor. When the keel of USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) was laid in 1997, Lucas placed his Medal of Honor citation in the ship's hull, where it remains sealed.




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External links


"Ray Mabus: DDG 125 & DDG 126 Destroyers Named After Two WWII Marines". ExecutiveGov.com. 19 September 2016.
"USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125)". NavSource.org.
"Two destroyers to be named for Medal Of Honor recipients". The American Survival Guide.
Launch of Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) (video). Huntington Ingalls Industries – via YouTube.

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