The guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) sits at its homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 19, 2012.
The Michael Murphy honors the late U.S. Navy Lt. Michael P. Murphy, a Navy SEAL who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat as leader of a four-man reconnaissance team in Afghanistan. Murphy was the first person to be awarded the medal for actions in Afghanistan, and the first member of the U.S. Navy to receive the award since the Vietnam War. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker, U.S. Navy/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr