Navy Decommissions Its Last ‘All-Gun’ Ship
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MIDDLETOWN, R.I. — The Navy has decommissioned its last Hull Class destroyer, signaling the end of the “all-gun” ships that attacked with artillery power rather than missiles.
“I share with you a sense of history, as the last Navy gunslinger is holstered,” Capt. John F. Brunelli said at Thursday’s ceremony for the Edson at the Naval Education and Training Center.
The Edson’s three 5-inch guns supported group forces in Vietnam. The ship, commissioned in 1958, was named for Marine Gen. Merritt Austin Edson, a Medal of Honor winner.
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