The US Navy has officially taken delivery of its latest warship, the Flight IIA guided missile destroyer USS John Basilone (DDG-122). The Arleigh Burke-class vessel, named for Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone, is slated to “serve as a multi-mission surface combatant,” with the plan being to deploy her in “Anti-Air Warfare, Anti-Submarine Warfare and Anti-Surface Warfare.” The first vessel named for Basilone, the Gearing-class destroyer USS John Basilone (DD-824), was commissioned in July 1949, and served with the US Navy until November 1977.