170718-N-NU281-0023 PEARL HARBOR (July 18, 2017) The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS John Finn (DDG 113) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following its commissioning ceremony. DDG 113 is named in honor of Lt. John William Finn, who as a chief aviation ordnanceman was the first member of our armed services to earn the Medal of Honor during World War II for heroism during the attack on Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Justin R. Pacheco)
Family members and friends of Chief Aviation Ordnanceman John Finn, World War II’s first Medal of Honor recipient, toured historic Pearl Harbor and Kaneohe Bay from July 13-17, culminating in a commissioning ceremony for the USS John Finn (DDG 113), the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, July 15 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS John Finn (DDG 113), was brought to life and into the fleet July 15 at Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor – a fitting commissioning venue, as the namesake’s Dec. 7, 1941 heroic actions 30 miles away at Kaneohe Bay - are the stuff of Navy legend.
