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Welcome to the destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) official website.
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Azure, Neptune in a chariot pulled by two seahorses Or issuing from waves of the sea in point Argent, Celeste and of the first. 
 

CREST
From a wreath Argent and Azure, a wreath of laurel and palm Vert superimposed by an octagon (Aegis configuration) per quarterly Argent, Gules, Azure and Argent, bearing a cross paty convex Or. 
 

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A tripartite scroll Azure doubled and inscribed "COURAGE HONOR SACRIFICE". 
 

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The coat of arms as blazoned in full color upon a white oval enclosed by a dark blue collar edged on the outside with a gold rope and inscribed "USS McFAUL" above and "DDG 74" below in gold. 
 

 

 
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