CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARBULLETIN.COM
World War II combat veteran Chuck Edwards gave Kenneth Williams, commanding officer of the USS Chung-Hoon, a packet of memorabilia from the USS Sigsbee yesterday. Edwards and nine other veterans from the Sigsbee were guests aboard the new destroyer, named for Rear Adm. Gordon P. Chung-Hoon. Chung-Hoon was commanding officer of the Sigsbee, which was attacked by a kamikaze pilot during the Battle of Okinawa on April 14, 1945. According to USS Sigsbee Reunion President Marvin Green, the Sigsbee's port shaft was destroyed, with four sailors killed, 18 missing in action and 89 injured. Despite orders to sink the ship, Chung-Hoon kept it afloat to save the men who couldn't swim. Green said of the new destroyer, "We feel that Chung-Hoon's spirit will live in this ship."