The USS Jack H. Lucas was named for the longtime Hattiesburg resident whose bravery in World War II was exemplary. The vessel was commisioned Saturday.
The US Navy's Dual-Band Radar that equips its forthcoming Gerald R. Ford class super-carriers replaces several different radars with a single back-end. Merging Raytheon's X-band SPY-3 with Lockheed Martin's S-band VSR allows fewer radar antennas,