Navy brings newest destroyer to life in Boston

BOSTON — The U.S. Navy has commissioned its newest guided-missile warship, named for a Navy pilot from Massachusetts who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Korean War.

The commissioning ceremony for the destroyer Thomas Hudner was held Saturday in Boston.

The Maine-built Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is named in honor of deceased Navy Capt. Thomas Hudner, a Fall River native and longtime Concord resident who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman for crash-landing his plane to try to save the life of Ensign Jesse Brown during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in December 1950.

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The future destroyer Thomas Hudner will be open to the public through Thursday.

Brown was shot down and trapped in his burning plane. Hudner intentionally crash-landed in freezing temperatures and tried unsuccessfully to pull Brown free.

Hudner died last November at age 93.

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