Some held flower bouquets and signs bearing family members’ names and photos. “Welcome home,” one read. “We are so proud of you.” The USS Cole, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, ...
The first ship to undergo this refurb is the Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), which entered service in 1991 and was scheduled to retire in 2026. The refurb will extend that to 2031 or 2036. Burkes were built ...
In 2009 the navy decided to build only three of the Zumwalts instead of 32. To cope with the loss of new destroyers the navy resumed building older DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class destroyers. It was a ...
Sean Burke, the father of Enoch Burke, has been jailed for two months for assaulting a garda in a courtroom last year. The 60-year-old, of Cloonsunna, Castlebar, Co Mayo, was sent to prison after ...