Navy Names New Destroyers—USS Intrepid, USS Robert Kerrey
The U.S. Navy has named its two newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers as the future USS Intrepid and USS Robert Kerrey. DDG-145 is the fifth ship to be called Intrepid while DDG-146 was named after Joseph Robert Kerrey, a former senator, Nebraska governor and naval officer, the Navy said Saturday.