Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

USS "Nicholson" (DD-982), a "Spruance"-class destroyer, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for a family which was prominent in early American naval history, including James Nicholson, the senior Continental Navy Captain, and Samuel Nicholson, the first captain of USS "Constitution".

Hypothesis: DD-982 was in the US Navy
Yes