🇺🇸Fair winds and following seas, Shipmates!⚓️The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), commanded by Capt. Judson Mallory, departed its homeport of Naval Station Mayport today for a regularly scheduled deployment as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group. 🔱The strike group is scheduled to conduct a routine deployment to the U.S. European Command area of responsibility, demonstrating the commitment and power projection capability of the Navy’s

12K views · 1K reactions | On this day in #NavalHistory USS Hornet sinks a British ship, Navy aircraft destroy a German sub, and the first surface-to-air missile launches. https://youtu.be/AYxabygjrW0 Besides the the current USS Hornet Museum how many other ships have carried the name Hornet? | Naval History & Heritage Command | Facebook