USS Michael Murphy DDG-112 Christened

[PropStop]

I had a SWO on the Anzio.. Swore up and down it was named after a MOH Recipient.

Well, obviously scholarly pursuits were not his thing, or else he would have been a pilot!

 

[tonio]

Much deserved, I read Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell and his account of LT Murphy's last moments literally struck me, I had to put the book down for a while after reading it. What an honor.

 

[Gatordev]

No fucking way you're getting a SWO pin without "knowledges" on your ship's namesake.

Those are usually the board's "softball" questions.

I stand by my statement.

 

[BigRed389]

I stand by my statement.

Oh, I'm not saying you're wrong.

You'll always have SWOs who qualified on a different ship, helo guys stopping by for DLQs, and other visitors who are all pretty likely to be clueless by then.

 

[Gatordev]

...or guys that DID qualify on that ship and still don't know the history. Trust me, it happens...regularly.

 

[helolumpy]

Most ships I've been on had stuff pertaining to the namesake in the wardroom, sometimes the mess decks as well. My first ship had a portrait of the namesake and his (posthumous) Navy Cross citation. KENNEDY and IKE had some some pictures and knickknacks (Ike's uniforms and such). NORMANDY had Overlord stuff all over the place. That SWO would have had to been blind as well as an idiot.

The Kennedy has silverware donated by the Kennedy family and Jakie Kennedy actually designed the Captain's in-port cabin; which is why it has oak paneling.

The TR has a giant stuffed Moosehead hanging in the Hangar Bay Quarterdeck area. The ship accepted it as a donation from a TR group only to find out later it was valued over 10 Grand. The ship's JAG was trying to get the Battle Group JAG to write a memo saying it was OK to accept the gift after is was already hanging up on the wall...

 

[nittany03]

On a different tangent, LT Murphy is the first Penn State alumnus to receive the Medal of Honor. The Class of 2011 is funding a veterans' plaza on campus in his name.

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2010/11/03/senior_class_gift.aspx

 

[sickboy]

On a different tangent, LT Murphy is the first Penn State alumnus to receive the Medal of Honor. The Class of 2011 is funding a veterans' plaza on campus in his name.

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2010/11/03/senior_class_gift.aspx

He's also the only member of the Penn State distinguished alumni assc. to be voted in posthumously and the only one to be voted in unanimously. Or so we were told in lab.

 

[Pags]

Oh, I'm not saying you're wrong.

You'll always have SWOs who qualified on a different ship, helo guys stopping by for DLQs, and other visitors who are all pretty likely to be clueless by then.

I had to chop a monthly ops summary by a 2P once that had listed the "USS Mitcher". I told the 2P that the spelling was wrong and then the 2P wondered how I knew. I asked if they knew who Marc Mitscher was. All I got back was the "probably some guy" response. Another HAC and I held an impromptu history session before we'd sign off the chop. The training was sure to highlight his ridiculous hat.