Navy warship named for Alaska statesman Ted Stevens
A new Navy warship has been named in honor of the late Alaska senator and World War II veteran Ted Stevens.
Before he was known to Alaskans as “Uncle Ted,” Ted Stevens was a decorated war hero, making dangerous missions behind enemy lines as part of the Flying Tigers, a group of American pilots who fought the Japanese in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II. Stevens represented Alaska as one of the longest-serving U.S. senators […]
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