USS ''William Charette'' (DDG-130) is a planned
guided missile destroyer of the
United States Navy, the 80th overall for the class.
She will be named in honor of
Master Chief William R. Charette
William Richard Charette (March 29, 1932 – March 18, 2012) was a United States Navy master chief hospital corpsman who received the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the medal for heroic actions ...
, a
Korean War veteran and recipient of the
Medal of Honor. ''William Charette'' will be the fifth ship of the Flight III series.
References
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Arleigh Burke-class destroyers
Proposed ships of the United States Navy
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