Senator wants ship named for Navy cryptologist Shannon Kent
Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent was on her fifth deployment when she was killed in a Islamic State-claimed bombing in Syria.
By CAITLIN M. KENNEY | STARS AND STRIPES Published: June 14, 2019
WASHINGTON — Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, who was killed in Syria in January during her fifth combat tour, could get a Navy ship named after her.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the Senate minority leader, announced Thursday that he was putting an amendment into the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act to have a ship named in honor of the Navy cryptologist.
Kent, 35, a native of Oswego, New York, and three other Americans were killed Jan. 16 by an Islamic State suicide bomber at a restaurant in the Syrian city of Manbij. Kent was supporting special operators as a linguist at the time of her death.
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