Rear Admiral James Edward Jouett served during the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. His namesake missile ship spent most of her career with the Pacific Fleet, carrying an older combat name into a new strategic setting. Her final use as a target during Exercise Valiant Shield shows how an obsolete warship could still contribute to fleet training. The ship's story links commemoration, operational assignment, and disposal across two naval eras.
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Jouett carries a Civil War name into the Pacific
USS Jouett paired the memory of a Mexican-American War and Civil War officer with a Cold War Pacific career that ended in a fleet exercise.