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US President, Joe Biden appoints another Nigerian into key position

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Meet Commander Kelechi Ndukwe the first Nigerian-American to take command of an US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer, USS Halsey (DDG-97) Arleigh Burke-class.

Displacement:
9,300 tons
Length:
509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam:
66 ft (20 m)
Draft:
31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion:
4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed:
30+ knots (55+ km/h)
Complement:
257 officers and enlisted
Armament:
1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/62 caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun
2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Autocannons
4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns
1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
96-cell Mk 41 VLS for:
RIM-66 Standard Missile 2
BGM-109 Tomahawk
RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles
Aircraft carried:
2 x MH-60 Seahawk helicopters

He takes over April 2, 2021.