The U.S. Navy dedicated one of its Japan-based guided missile destroyers to ailing U.S. Sen. John McCain.
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer added the Arizona Republican's name to the USS John S. McCain, which had already been named for McCain's father and grandfather. All three generations of McCains have the same name.
The guided-missile destroyer was named after McCain's father and grandfather when it was launched in 1994.
In August 2017, ten sailors were killed when the McCain collided with an oil tanker near Singapore.
Work to repair the McCain is ongoing at Yokosuka Naval Base south of Tokyo and Spencer told reporters the Navy hopes to put the ship back out to sea next spring.
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