USS Jason Dunham
_returns_to_Norfolk_homeport.jpg) USS Jason Dunham sailing through Virginian waters in August 2015. | |
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| Name: | USS Jason Dunham |
| Namesake: | Corporal Jason Dunham[1] |
| Awarded: | 13 September 2002[2] |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works[2] |
| Laid down: | 11 April 2008[2] |
| Launched: | 1 August 2009[1] |
| Sponsored by: | Debra Dunham[3] |
| Commissioned: | 12 November 2010[3] |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia[2] |
| Motto: | Semper Fidelis, Semper Fortis ("Always faithful, always strong") |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2016 |
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| Class and type: | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer[1] |
| Displacement: | 9,200 long tons (9,300 t)[2] |
| Length: | 510 ft (160 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 33 ft (10 m)[2] |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)[2] |
| Speed: | >30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 380 officers and enlisted[2] |
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| Aircraft carried: | MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopters |
USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after U.S. Marine Corps corporal Jason Dunham, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for service in the Iraq War.[1]
History
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The newly commissioned USS Jason Dunham arrives at its new homeport of Naval Station Norfolk.
Jason Dunham is the 59th destroyer in her class and built by the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.[4] She was christened by Corporal Dunham's mother, Debra Dunham, and launched on 1 August 2009.[1] Jason Dunham was commissioned on 13 November 2010 with Commander M. Scott Sciretta in command.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Navy Christens Newest Arleigh Burke-Class Ship Jason Dunham". Navy News Service. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Jason Dunham". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- 1 2 3 "Navy to Commission New Guided-Missile Destroyer Jason Dunham". Navy News Service. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ↑ Gams, PFC Michael T. (25 March 2010). "Legacy lives aboard USS Jason Dunham". Marines Magazine. United States Marine Corps. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109). |
- "USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109)". Destroyer Photo Archive. NavSource Online. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- "Kuhl applauds Navy for naming ship after Dunham, Secretary of the Navy will visit Scio to name new Destroyer after Jason Dunham" (Press release). Office of U.S. Congressman Randy Kuhl, 29th District of New York. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
- Official Ship's Site Retrieved 2010-04-09.
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