Paul Henry Nitze was an American businessman and statesman who served as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, and Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Depar
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President Ronald Reagan presents Paul Nitze with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Also pictured: Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter. The East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C., 7 November 1985. Photograph courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
USS Nitze is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Paul Nitze, who served as Secretary of the Navy under President Lyndon B. Johnson and as
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…Nitze died in Washington, D.C., at age 97 in October 2004. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Nitze is named in his honor. Nitze visited the ship for several ceremonial occasions prior to his death. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International…
USS Nitze on 23 April 2011
Nitze during her commissioning ceremony. USS Nassau and USS Bataan can be seen in the background, March 2005.
USS Nitze seen from her port side, with signal flags displayed on the railing of her helideck, March 2009