Shield shaped, brass colored coin, 2 inches wide x 2-1/2 inches high. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • Michael Murphy First Class Assoc.
Location
Coin Location: 11E10
Homebase: Bath, Maine
Deployment: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 12 February 2012
Donated by: DDG-112 Michael Murphy First Class Association
Copies: 1 of 1

C003131

Location: 11E10

Coin: Organization

Active » U.S. Navy

Narrative

Shield shaped, brass colored coin, 2 inches wide x 2-1/2 inches high.

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Journal - Page 84 - Line 23

Prior to Commissioning of USS Michael Murphy DDG-112

USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) is the 62nd ship of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. She is named for Medal of Honor recipient Michael P. Murphy (1976–2005). Her contract was awarded on 13 September 2002 to the Bath Iron Works and Vice Admiral John Morgan, the first commanding officer of Arleigh Burke, made the first cut of steel.[9] DDG-112 was named Michael Murphy by Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter on 7 May 2008 and her keel was laid down on 18 June 2010. The ship was christened on 7 May 2011, Murphy's birthday,[4] by her sponsor Maureen Murphy, Murphy's mother.