Keywords: US Navy 010110-D-9880W-076 Pentagon announces naming of the USS Nitze DDG 94.jpg en Pentagon Arlington Va Jan 10 2001 -- Former Secretary of the Navy Paul H Nitze right and Secretary of Defense William S Cohen look at a model of an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer at a Pentagon press conference following the announcement that a destroyer will be named in honor of Nitze USS Nitze DDG 94 which is due to join the fleet in 2004 is a multi-mission ship equipped with the Navy's AEGIS combat weapons system and operates in support of carrier battle groups surface action groups and amphibious groups Guided missile destroyers primarily perform anti-submarine anti-air and anti-surface warfare roles DoD photo by R D Ward RELEASED 2001-01-10 010110-D-9880W-076 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 2829 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Paul Nitze Pentagon press briefing room USS Nitze DDG-94 Robert D Ward William Cohen Photographs taken on 2001-01-10 Arlington County Virginia People of the United States in 2001 Photographs of standing men January 2001 in Virginia 20010110 Arlington County Pentagon |