USS Michael Murphy

Commissioned in 2012, the Michael Murphy honors Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, a Navy SEAL who was killed in Afghanistan in June 2005 while leading a four-man reconnaissance team under attack by a much larger Taliban force. Mortally wounded, Murphy moved into the open to transmit a call for help that saved the life of the one surviving member of his team—an act of selflessness that earned him the Medal of Honor posthumously. The Michael Murphy carries his name across the Pacific Fleet.