A while back one of my brothers sent me a message indicating that, when completed, the new destroyer USS Sampson would be "...capable of fighting air, surface, and subsurface battles simultaneously." He went on to deadpan, "We should all be so lucky." Not to be outdone, witty brother #2 added "We would each need a couple more arms to be able to do all that at once." Indeed.
Last month the US Navy's All Hands magazine did a feature article on the newly-in-service Sampson. Check it out here (extract from the full magazine):
Read this doc on Scribd: USS Sampson 4.0
She is homeported in San Diego. Perhaps this Sampson will have a chance to visit that Sampson sometime in the future. GJS
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