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The USS Ramage is part of the first carrier strike force sent to Israel after the Hamas October attack.
USS Ramage (DDG-61) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship is named for Vice Admiral Lawson P. Ramage, a notable submarine commander and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II.
Japan lost 5 ships in 46 minutes in a daring surface attack by the USS Parche.
'Red' nicknamed for his red hair, Ramage Medal of Honor Citation:
"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Parche in a predawn attack on a Japanese convoy, 31 July 1944. Boldly penetrating the screen of a heavily escorted convoy, Comdr. Ramage launched a perilous surface attack by delivering a crippling stern shot into a freighter and quickly following up with a series of bow and stern torpedoes to sink the leading tanker and damage the second one.
Exposed by the light of bursting flares and bravely defiant of terrific shellfire passing close overhead, he struck again, sinking a transport by two forward reloads. In the mounting fury of fire from the damaged and sinking tanker, he calmly ordered his men below, remaining on the bridge to fight it out with an enemy now disorganized and confused.
Swift to act as a fast transport closed in to ram, Comdr. Ramage daringly swung the stern of the speeding Parche as she crossed the bow of the onrushing ship, clearing by less than 50 feet but placing his submarine in a deadly crossfire from escorts on all sides and with the transport dead ahead. Undaunted, he sent three smashing "down the throat" bow shots to stop the target, then scored a killing hit as a climax to 46 minutes of violent action with the Parche and her valiant fighting company retiring victorious and unscathed."
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An Arleigh Burke destroyer is the most capable warship that ever sailed. A Burke owns the airspace for well over a hundred miles in any direction. The only comparable warships in any realm are our attack submarines (of which we will not speak.)
An Arleigh Burke is a thing of real beauty - strength and refinement, all dynamic. These ships are built to fight.
An SM-2 block III missile costs at least two and a half million dollars, as far as I can easily find. More if it's had one of the latest upgrades. USS Carney executed on 9 missile and 4 drone targets from Yemen, if the news is correct.
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I dunno, I seem to recall those 16-inch guns doing a lot of damage.
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Arleigh Burke destroyers definitely inhabit the “if it flies, it dies” category of air defense systems.
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Ramage's Rampage. A hero to all submariners.
When asked why he put himself in that much danger to sink ships, Ramage said, "I got mad!"
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