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U.S. Navy sailors stand at parade rest during the commissioning of USS Gravely, the Navy's newest guided-missile destroyer, in Wilmington, N.C., Nov. 20, 2010. The destroyer honors the late Navy Vice Adm. Samuel L. Gravely Jr., who was the first African American to command a warship, a numbered fleet and achieve the rank of vice admiral.

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U.S. Navy sailors stand at parade rest during the commissioning of USS Gravely, the Navy's newest guided-missile destroyer, in Wilmington, N.C., Nov. 20, 2010. The destroyer honors the late Navy Vice Adm. Samuel L. Gravely Jr., who was the first African American to command a warship, a numbered fleet and achieve the rank of vice admiral.

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