By the order of a descendant of the USS Sterett’s namesake, over 200 sailors and officers raced from the dock of the Locus Point Terminal in Baltimore, up the gangplanks and onto the hulking gray destroyer, lining her railings.
The Sterett’s cannon roared, its horn blasted and its gizmos whirled as its flags were raised for the first time.
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