USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) Framed Ship Photo

USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer commissioned in 1995 and named for William Charles Fitzgerald Jr., a petty officer who gave his life in Vietnam. She has served in the Pacific Fleet for decades, deploying across the Indo-Pacific and standing the long watches that keep freedom of navigation alive on the world's most critical sea lanes. The ship and her crew became part of a larger story in 2017, when a collision at sea cost the lives of seven sailors. Those seven names are part of what the Fitzgerald means to those who served aboard her: a ship with a real history, real loss, and real service.