PATRICK GALLAGHER DDG 127
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Naming Ceremony - GALLAGHER 12 March 2018 Renamed PATRICK GALLAGHER 9 November 2018 Keel Laid 30 March 2022 - Christening 27 July 2024 - Launched TBD |
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- USS Patrick Gallagher DDG-127 Covers Page 1 (2018-2022)
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Keel Laying Ceremony, cachet by Richard D. Jones
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Cpl. Patrick Gallagher, USMC (1 February 1944 - 30 March 1967)
Gallagher, was born in Derrintogher, County Mayo, Ireland. At the age of eighteen (1963), Patrick immigrated to the United States. In 1966, Patrick was drafted for service in Vietnam.
Patrick shipped out to Vietnam as a member of Hotel Company, 2/4 Marines, 3rd Division. On the night of 18 July 1966, while serving in a forward position at Cam Lo with three other Marines who were sleeping, their position came under grenade attack by enemy forces. The first grenade Patrick was able to kick out of their position where it exploded only to be followed by a second grenade that fell between two of his comrades. Without hesitation and in an unselfish act of valor, Lance Corporal Gallagher threw himself on the grenade to personally absorb the full brunt of the explosion and save his comrades. Pinned under Gallagher's body, the grenade failed to go off. Lance Corporal Gallagher continued to lie on the grenade as his three comrades escaped the position despite the fact that two more enemy grenades were thrown into the position to explode around him. His comrades now in a position of safety and still miraculously unhurt, Gallagher then rolled off the grenade at his squad leader’s order and threw the grenade where it immediately exploded upon hitting the ground.
For his extraordinary heroism Gallagher earned the Nations second highest honor, the Navy Cross. Two months after receiving the Navy Cross, and due shortly to return home, Corporal Gallagher was killed while on patrol.
Cpl. Gallagher's medals and ribbons are: the Navy Cross Medal, the Purple Heart Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.
The ship sponsors are Teresa Keegan, Rosemarie Gallagher and Pauline Gallagher, sisters of Patrick Gallagher.
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