The 12th Littoral Combat Team will receive the Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, in fiscal 2026.
The captain bravely ushered about two dozen Marines to safety from the burning aircraft.
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and declared Missing in Action.
The president said the new effort will focus on ways to "resurrect the American shipbuilding industry."
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