FOXNews.com: Navy opens new destroyer docked in NY for tours

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Navy opens new destroyer docked in NY for tours Sep 28th 2012, 20:03 Published September 28, 2012 Associated Press The Michael Murphy, the last of the U.S. Navy's original run of Arleigh Burke destroyers, heads down the Kennebec River off of Phippsburg, Maine, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012.AP The Navy has scheduled several days of public tours of a new destroyer that will be commissioned in New York next week in honor of a hero SEAL from Long Island. The USS Michael Murphy is named for the Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan in June 2005. Murphy's family will attend the formal commissioning on Oct. 6 in Manhattan. It arrives in New York City on Friday. The public can tour it on Staten Island on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. It moves to Pier 88 in Manhattan and will be open Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as Oct. 8. People should wear comfortable closed-toed shoes and limit items carried aboard. A government-issued photo ID is required for everyone over 18. Related Stories 8 October festivals not to miss Why check and schlepp when you can ship instead? International tourism spending in US on the rise

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