Indianapolis, IN—A naming ceremony for the USS Richard G. Lugar (DDG 136) will be held on Monday, Nov. 18, according to Senator Todd Young. U.S. Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer and members of the Lugar family will join Young at the Indiana War Memorial. The ceremony is not open to the public.
In June, Young and Sen. Mike Braun introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that called for the next Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer warship to be named in honor of Lugar, who died in April at the age of 87.
Lugar volunteered for the Navy and served as an officer from 1957-1960, including a stint as an intelligence briefer to Admiral Arleigh Burke, who was chief of naval operations at the time. In addition to his service in the Navy and the Senate, Lugar spent eight years as the mayor of Indianapolis.
