USS ''Jeremiah Denton'' (DDG-129) is a planned guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 79th overall for the class. She will be named in honor of former

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for Alabama,

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Jeremiah Denton (USN), a Vietnam War veteran and prisoner of war, who was a recipient of the Navy Cross. ''Jeremiah Denton'' will be the fourth ship of the Flight III series.

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* Arleigh Burke-class destroyers Proposed ships of the United States Navy {{US-mil-ship-stub