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Caption:
Charleston, S.C. (Dec. 7, 2004) -- The guided missile destroyer USS
James E. Williams (DDG 95) prepares to moor on board Naval Weapons
Station Charleston, S.C. James E. Williams will be commissioned
Saturday, Dec. 11th, as the 45th Arleigh Burke-class guided missile
destroyer authorized by Congress. The ship honors Boatswain’s
Mate 1st Class James E. Williams, the Navy's highest decorated enlisted
Sailor, having been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for
bravery and leadership in 1966 while serving as patrol boat captain and
patrol commander of River Patrol Boat (PBR) 105 on the Mekong River,
Republic of Vietnam. U.S. Navy photo by Bart Jackson (RELEASED)
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