battleship (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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>
> The USS Higbee (DD-806) was the first (and maybe only)
> combatant ship named for a woman, AFAIK.
>

>From the Wikipedia article on RADM Grace Hopper:

"The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Hopper (DDG-70) was named for her."

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