No joke: World of Warships just added Leroy Jenkins as a playable character

If there was a commander you could add to your naval video game ship, what better person would it be than the actual Leroy Jenkins?

World of Warships said it will add US Navy veteran Leroy Jenkins as a playable character in its free to play game.

While gamers may only know the legendary meme and battle cry of “Leeeeeroy Jenkins!” from World of Warcraft, the Leroy Jenkins being added to World of Warships is a sailor who served on Navy destroyer USS Kidd during the Korean War 78 years ago. Jenkins came to the attention of World of Warships officials during a visit to the actual USS Kidd museum in Baton Rouge, where Jenkins was a volunteer for 14 years.

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