USS Stephen W. Groves

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'''USS ''Stephen W. Groves'' (FFG-29)''', twenty-first ship of the of guided missile frigates, was named for Ensign Stephen W. Groves (1917–1942), a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism at the Battle of Midway during World War II. Provided by Wikipedia