Petty Officer 1st Class Charlon Clarke/Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Gary Ward

Petty Officer 1st Class Charlon Clarke/Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Gary Ward

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Baytown Native Serves Aboard Navy Warship in Japan

A Bayton, Texas native and 2008 Ross S. Sterling High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided missile destroyer, USS Stethem. Petty Officer 1st Class Charlon Clarke is an operations specialist aboard the forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer operating out of Yokosuka, Japan. Stethem is one of eight destroyers forward-deployed in Yokosuka.