Arlington group raising cash for namesake Navy ship

An Arlington County group is trying to raise $500,000 to mark the official launch of a new Navy ship named after the county in honor of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon.

The USS Arlington Commissioning Committee is raising money to pay for a tribute room aboard the ship that would house girders from the Pentagon and a star for each of the 125 people killed there. The group also wants to fund additional events for the victims’ families, survivors and first responders during the ship’s April 6 commissioning in Norfolk.