New London — A Navy destroyer named after a former admiral who had familiy ties to New London is the latest addition to the ships that will visit the city this weekend as part of the 4th annual Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival.

The Navy's Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) will arrive at 3 p.m. on Thursday.

The ship will be docked at Fort Trumbull and open for free public tours from noon to 5 p.m. on Sept. 9;  from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 10; and from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 11.

Visitors will be required to provide photo identification and go through a security check, similar to an aiport check, before getting aboard the ship.

The ship is not handicap accessible.

Sailors will lead groups of 15 to 20 visitors around the ship. 

No more than 60 visitors will be able to be aboard the ship at any given time, according to the festival's website, http://ctmaritimefest.com/ramage/. Photography will be permitted in certain areas.

The Ramage is named after Vice Adm. Lawson P. "Red" Ramage, a Medal of Honor recipient who had family ties to New London and once commanded the Navy's Atlantic submarine fleet from the Naval Submarine Base in Groton.

The ship returned to Norfolk, Va., at the end of July from an eight-month deployment in support of ballistic missile defense in the Persian Gulf.