USS "Christopher" (DE-100) was a Cannon class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was named for a Navy Cross recipient, Harold Jensen Christopher, who was killed at Pearl Harbor aboard on 7 December 1941.

Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "USS "Christopher" was named after a guy who died in 1941"?
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