U.S. Marine and Irish citizen Patrick Gallagher was remembered for his life and service to the United States at the christening of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that bears his name.

As the Irish flag flew overhead and an Irish official spoke, the Navy officially welcomed the USS Patrick Gallagher. It was an unusual christening, in part because the namesake of the ship was an ...

The future USS Patrick Gallagher is a guided missile destroyer that is under construction at Bath Iron Works that bears the name of the Irish citizen and U.S. Marine who fell on a grenade to save ...

Now a $2.5 billion US Navy vessel will be dubbed the USS Patrick Gallagher, in the summer of 2024, in his honor. Around 2,000 attendees were expected at the christening ceremony of the USS Patrick ...

The U.S. Navy christened the future USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127), during a ceremony on July 27, in Bath, Maine. The ship, built at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, is the last of the Flight ...

DDG 127, which will become the USS Patrick Gallagher, will also carry technology from the new Flight III variant. General Dynamics christened the US Navy’s new guided missile destroyer, the DDG 127, ...

BATH, Maine — With an Irish flag overhead and bagpipes playing, three sisters of an Irish-born recipient of the Navy Cross christened a warship bearing his name — and secured a promise that ...

Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick Gallagher. The future USS Patrick Gallagher is a guided missile destroyer that is under construction at Bath Iron Works and bears the name of the Irish citizen and U.S ...