Former Gov. Ray Mabus: "The needs in Mississippi are the same as in the late 1980s. We know what we need to do to address ...

One ship will be named USS Ray Mabus (DDG 147), in honor of the former Mississippi Governor and former Secretary of the Navy. Mabus was elected Governor of Mississippi in 1988 and served until 1992.

In 2018, former Navy Secretary Ray Mabus named the six women who were part of the Little Rock Nine as sponsors of the ship; the Little Rock Nine were the first nine Black teens who entered Little ...

This cost was considered to be "budget dust" by military leadership, according to former Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. (In contrast, the Department of Defense spent nearly $300 million on ...