JACK H LUCAS DDG 125

Ship Name and Designation History

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Arleigh Burke (Flight III) Class Guided Missile Destroyer Naming Ceremony 17 September 2016 - Construction started 7 May 2018 Keel Authentication 7 November 2019 - Launched 4 June 2021 - Christened 26 March 2022 USS JACK H. LUCAS DDG-125 Commissioned 7 October 2023

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1. USS Jack H. Lucas DDG-125 Covers Page 1     (2016-2023)

 

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 11-2n+ (USS, FPO AP 96693)

2023-10-07

Commissioning, cachet by Michael Brock

 

Locy Type FDC 12-2cn+ (USS, FPO AP 96693)

2023-10-07

Commissioning, cachet by Richard D. Jones

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Captain Jacklyn Harold "Jack" Lucas, USMCR (14 February 1928 – 5 June 2008)
     Lucas was a World War II recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima (20 February 1945) at age seventeen and six days. Lucas is the youngest Marine and the youngest serviceman in World War II to be awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor.
      PFC Lucas is the recipient of the following awards - Medal of Honor, the Purple Heart Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one bronze star and the World War II Victory Medal.
     On September 18, 1945 he was discharged from the Marine Corps Reserve because of disability resulting from his wounds.
     Lucas joined the U.S. Army in 1961 and served in the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper to conquer his fear of heights, and survived a training jump in which neither of his two parachutes opened. He volunteered for Vietnam, but was not allowed to go there and ended his time as a Captain in the Army in 1965 at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, training troops for the Vietnam War.

     When the keel of the USS Iwo Jima LHD-7 (christened in 2000) was laid, Lucas placed his Medal of Honor citation in the ship's hull, where it remains sealed.

The ships sponsor are Catherine B. Reynolds and Ruby Lucas. Ruby Lucas is the widow of Jack Lucas. Catherine B. Reynolds is a entrepreneur and philanthropist who has enabled millions of Americans to attend the college of their choice through her foundation work.

 

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