US DOD: Navy to commission Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer Higgins (DDG 76) in Port Everglades, Fla.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-22 April 1999-US DOD: Navy to commission Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer Higgins (DDG 76) in Port Everglades, Fla. (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:210499 The Navy's newest Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer Higgins (DDG 76) will join the U.S. Pacific Fleet Saturday, April 24, during a 10 a.m.

(EDT) commissioning ceremony in Port Everglades, Fla. Marine Corps Gen. Charles E. Wilhelm, commander-in-chief, U.S. Southern Command, is the ceremony's principal speaker. In the time-honored Navy tradition, the ship's sponsor, retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Robin L. Higgins, wife of the ship's namesake, will give the order to "man our ship and bring her to life!" The ship honors Marine Corps Col. William Richard Higgins, (1945-1990). Higgins was...