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McCain's grandfather "Slew" (left) and father "Jack" on board a U.S. Navy ship in Tokyo Bay, c. September 2, 1945 John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936, [1] at a United States Navy hospital [2] [3] [4] at Coco Solo Naval Air Station [5] [6] in the Panama Canal Zone , which at that time was considered to be among the unincorporated ...
May 30, 2019 · What kind of ship is it? The McCain is a destroyer whose home port is Yokosuka, Japan, where the United States maintains a naval base. Nicknamed “Big Bad John,” the ship is 505 feet long...
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The McCain Family—Three Sailors, Three Legacies. JOHN S. McCAIN is the second Bath-built ship to carry the name. The first ship (DL-3/DDG36), bore the name from 1953-1978.
At 5:23 a.m. local time, the Alnic MC, a hulking oil tanker weighing more than three times the McCain, collided with the destroyer, leaving a 28-foot gash in the ship’s left side and trapping ...
McCain speaks on the 2016 presidential transition Recorded November 16, 2016. John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the United States House of ...
- 1958–1981
- Republican
- 7, including Meghan
USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer currently in the service of the United States Navy. She is part of the Destroyer Squadron 23 within the Third Fleet , and has her homeport at Naval Station Everett in Everett, Washington .
The ship was originally designated DD 928 but reclassified in 1951 as the USS John S. McCain (DL 3). She was launched by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, 12 July 1952, sponsored by Mrs. John S. McCain, Jr., daughter-in-law of Admiral McCain; and commissioned 12 October 1953 at Boston Naval Shipyard, with Comdr. E. R. King in command.
