page_title: USS Frank E. Petersen Jr.
hierarchical_section_title: USS Frank E. Petersen Jr.
caption_attribution_description: 030313-N-0115R-077 The Mediterranean Sea (Mar. 13, 2003) -- The guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) steams through the Mediterranean Sea. Arleigh Burke is currently deployed in the Mediterranean Sea conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Patrick Reilly. (RELEASED)
context_page_description: USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. is a planned United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer, the 71st overall for the class. The ship was named for United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General Frank E. Petersen Jr., the first African-American Marine Corps aviator and the first African-American Marine Corps general. The contract for the ship, along with the name, was first announced in a press release from Huntington Ingalls Industries on 30 March 2016.
  The first "cutting of steel" took place in April 2016, her keel was laid on 21 February 2017, and launched on 13 July 2018.
context_section_description: USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) is a planned United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer, the 71st overall for the class. The ship was named for United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General Frank E. Petersen Jr. (2 March 1932 – 25 August 2015), the first African-American Marine Corps aviator and the first African-American Marine Corps general.  The contract for the ship, along with the name, was first announced in a press release from Huntington Ingalls Industries on 30 March 2016.
  The first "cutting of steel" took place in April 2016, her keel was laid on 21 February 2017, and launched on 13 July 2018.
caption: USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), lead ship of the class.
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