SECNAV Names Attack Boat After WWII USS Barb, DDG for Former SECNAV Lehman

Battle flag of USS Barb (SS-220) including the train the crew derailed in an operation to the Japanese home islands in World War II. USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park photo

Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite named the next Virginia-class attack boat after the famed World War II-era submarine USS Barb (SS-220) and a new destroyer after former Navy Secretary John Lehman in a Tuesday ceremony.

Braithwaite announced the two new ship names during an event unveiling plans to construct a new...

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