Rear Admiral Alene Duerk Ship Renaming Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6198 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6198 To express the sense of Congress regarding the naming of a naval vessel for Rear Admiral Alene Duerk, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 20, 2025 Ms. Kaptur (for herself and Mr. Latta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To express the sense of Congress regarding the naming of a naval vessel for Rear Admiral Alene Duerk, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Rear Admiral Alene Duerk Ship Renaming Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING OF NAVAL VESSEL FOR REAR ADMIRAL ALENE DUERK. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name a vessel of the United States Navy the ``U.S.S. Rear Admiral Alene Duerk'' in honor of Rear Admiral Alene Duerk, for the acts of valor described in subsection (b). (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described in this subsection are the actions of Alene Duerk, as a member of the United States Navy, as follows: (1) Following Rear Admiral Duerk's birth in Defiance, Ohio and graduation from Toledo Hospital School of Nursing, she received a commission on January 23, 1943, and was appointed as an ensign in the Nurse Corps of the U.S. Naval Reserve. (2) During World War II, she was assigned as a Ward Nurse at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia, and at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda Maryland where she cared for wounded members of the United States Armed Forces. In 1945, she was stationed on the USS Benevolence in the