Keywords: USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) English Channel.jpg 010913-N-6967M-504 At sea with USS Winston S Churchill DDG 81 Sep 13 2001 -- USS Winston S Churchill makes a high-speed run in the English Channel The destroyer based in Norfolk Va is making its first deployment to the United Kingdom and Norway The Churchill is the only U S Navy vessel in active service named after a foreign dignitary The ship is named in honor of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill 1874-1965 best known for his courageous leadership as the British Prime Minister during World War II U S Navy photo by Photographer ™s Mate 2nd Class Shane T McCoy RELEASED http //www news navy mil/management/photodb/photos/010913-N-6967M-504 jpg from http //www news navy mil/view_single asp id 938 2001-09-13 U S Navy photo by Photographer ™s Mate 2nd Class Shane T McCoy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Winston S Churchill DDG-81 Photographs by Shane T McCoy September 2001 photographs |