NAVY Destroyer USS John Basilone Commissioning In New York City

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 9: (AUDIO OMITTED) The American flag waves in the wind, and in the background sits the British Airways Concorde Alpha Delta G-BOAD on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum during the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone (DDG 122) commissioning ceremony in New York’s Pier 88 on November 9, 2024 in New York City. The commissioning takes place ahead of Veterans Day. The core of the U.S. Navy's surface fleet consists of destroyers of the Arleigh Burke class. These multi-mission ships carry out a range of tasks, including national security and peacetime presence and offer a broad spectrum of warfighting capabilities in air, surface, and subsurface. (Footage by Tomas Abad/Getty Images)