Destroyer christening Saturday

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The Navy will christen its newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), Saturday during a 10 a.m. ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula. The ship is named for Marine Pfc. Ralph Henry Johnson, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Vietnam War. Johnson used his body to shield two fellow Marines from a grenade, absorbing the blast and dying instantly in March 1968. The future Ralph Johnson is the 64th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. It will commission in 2017 and homeported in Everett, Wash. (Source: DoD, 03/31/16)