Uss England (dlg 22)
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second USS England (DLG/CG-22), a Leahy-class guided missile cruiser, was a ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Ensign John C. England. Originally called a destroyer leader or frigate, in 1975 she was re-designated a cruiser in the Navys 1975 ship reclassification. Ensign John Charles England was born in Harris, Mo., on December 11, 1920. He attended Pasadena City College, in Pasadena, California and was on the pep-squad there. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve on September 6, 1940 and was commissioned ensign on June 6, 1941. On September 3, 1941 he reported for duty on the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and was killed while saving others on board during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
