Guests watch Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speak during the livestream of the USS Iowa commissioning ceremony in Groton, Connecticut ...

(Illustration courtesy of the U.S. Navy) In those christening ceremonies, she said, “Thanks to fellow Iowa teacher, Kelly Sullivan, sponsor of USS The Sullivans DDG-68, a ship to honor the five ...

This post has been updated to correct the location and hull number of USS The Sullivans (DDG-68) and the home… ...

Their mother helped christen the World War II destroyer USS The Sullivans (DD-537) in 1943. In 1997, the Navy commissioned a guided-missile destroyer, USS The Sullivans (DDG-68).