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Unit/Organization Information
  • USS Thomas Hudner - DDG 116
Location
Coin Location: 11G3
Homebase: Bath Iron Works, Maine
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 5 April 2017
Donated by: not listed
Copies: 1 of 1

C005864

Location: 11G3

Coin: Commemorative

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Round shaped coin, antique brass in color, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

The USS THOMAS HUDNER (DDG 116) is the 66th ARLEIGH BURKE-class destroyer and is named in honor of Medal of Honor Recipient CAPT Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., USN (Ret.). Hudner is a Medal of Honor recipient from the Korean War.

The ship was christened on 1 April 2017 at Bath Iron Works, Maine