Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.

Over the next 18 years Burke prepared himself for combat serving in battleships and destroyers and earning a Master of Science in Engineering at the University of Michigan. "
He usually puArleigh Burked his destroyers to just under boiler-bursting speed but while en route to a rendezvous prior to the Battle of Cape St.

USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) the lead ship of her class of Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyers was commissioned in his honor in 1991 when he was still alive. Admiral Arleigh Albert '31-knot' Burke (October 19 1901 – January 1 1996) was an admiral of the United States Navy who distinguiArleigh Burked himself during World War II and the Korean War and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations.