Commissioned in 1994, the Curtis Wilbur honors Curtis D. Wilbur, who served as Secretary of the Navy under Presidents Harding and Coolidge from 1924 to 1929—overseeing the Navy through a period of postwar budget pressure and public skepticism about military spending that would feel familiar in any era. The Curtis Wilbur is homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, and has served as a forward-deployed Pacific Fleet destroyer across three decades.