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USS David R. Ray
USS ''David R. Ray'' (DD-971), was a Spruance class destroyer, ''Spruance''-class destroyer named for United States Navy Hospital Corpsman Second Class David R. Ray, David Robert Ray who was killed in action in 1969 while assigned to a United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps artillery unit during the Vietnam War and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The ''David R. Ray'' was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and commissioned on November 19, 1977, in Pascagoula. The principal speaker at the event was James R. Sasser, U.S. Senator from Tennessee and the ships sponsor was Mrs. Donnie M. Ray, HM2 Ray's mother. The ''David R. Ray'' was decommissioned in 2002 and sunk as a target in 2008. Ship's history On the voyage from Pascagoula to her new homeport of San Diego, the ''David R. Ray'' passed through the Panama Canal. ''David R. Ray'', nicknamed "Sting Ray", crossed the equator for the first time on 16 May 1978. On 19 Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "Davidic line, House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, Historicity of the Bible, the historicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
