USS Thomas G. Kelley

USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG-140) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class destroyer guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 90th overall for the class. She will honor Captain Thomas G. Kelley (USN, Ret.), who as a then-Lieutenant serving in Vietnam, was awarded the Medal of Honor "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty". Kelley served in the Navy for 30 years, and after retirement, went on to become Secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services.