USS Chevalier
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Two ships of the United States Navy
have borne the name Chevalier, in honor of the Lieutenant Commander Godfrey Chevalier
, a pioneer of naval aviation.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
have borne the name Chevalier, in honor of the Lieutenant Commander Godfrey Chevalier
Godfrey Chevalier
Lt. Cdr. Godfrey DeCourcelles Chevalier, USN was a pioneering naval aviator of the United States Navy of World War I and the early 1920s....
, a pioneer of naval aviation.
- The , was a Fletcher-classFletcher class destroyerThe Fletcher class were a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939 as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types...
destroyer, launched in 1942 and sunk in 1943.
- The , was a Gearing-classGearing class destroyerThe Gearing class was a group of 98 destroyers built for the US Navy during and shortly after World War II. The Gearing design was a minor modification of the immediately preceding Allen M. Sumner class...
destroyer, launched in 1944 and struck in 1975. Chevalier was transferred to South Korea in 1972, and renamed Chung Buk; she was scrapped in 2000.