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A toast to my SWO friends-DDG-51 class longest U.S. warship production run (almost)
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Navy to Commission Guided Missile Destroyer Dewey
The Navy will commission the newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, Dewey, Saturday, March 6, 2010, during an 11 a.m. PST ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Calif.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will deliver the ceremony's principal address. His wife, Deborah Mullen, will serve as the ship's sponsor. The ceremony will be highlighted by a time-honored Navy tradition when she gives the first order to "man our ship and bring her to life!"
Designated DDG 105, the new destroyer honors Adm. George Dewey (1837-1917) who commanded the Asiatic Station from the cruiser Olympia. Shortly after the onset of the Spanish-American War, Dewey led his squadron of warships into Manila Bay on April 30, 1898. The next morning, his squadron destroyed the Spanish fleet in only two hours without a single American loss. A widely popular hero of his day, Dewey was commissioned Admiral of the Navy, a rank created for him, in March 1903. Two previous ships have proudly carried his name. The first was a destroyer (DD 349) that survived the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and went on to receive 13 battle stars for World War II service. The second was a destroyer commissioned as a guided-missile frigate (DLG 14) before being reclassified as a guided missile destroyer (DDG 45).
Dewey is the 55th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The ship will be able to conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management, to sea control and power projection. Dewey will be capable of fighting air, surface and subsurface battles simultaneously and contains a myriad of offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime warfare in keeping with "A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower," which postures the sea services to apply maritime power to protect U.S. vital interests in an increasingly interconnected and uncertain world.
Cmdr. Warren Buller, of Concord, Mass., will become the first commanding officer of the ship and lead the crew of 276 officers and enlisted personnel. The 9,200-ton Dewey was built by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. The ship is 509 feet in length, has a waterline beam of 59 feet, and a navigational draft of 31 feet. Four gas turbine engines will power the ship to speeds in excess of 30 knots.
The Navy will commission the newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, Dewey, Saturday, March 6, 2010, during an 11 a.m. PST ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Calif.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will deliver the ceremony's principal address. His wife, Deborah Mullen, will serve as the ship's sponsor. The ceremony will be highlighted by a time-honored Navy tradition when she gives the first order to "man our ship and bring her to life!"
Designated DDG 105, the new destroyer honors Adm. George Dewey (1837-1917) who commanded the Asiatic Station from the cruiser Olympia. Shortly after the onset of the Spanish-American War, Dewey led his squadron of warships into Manila Bay on April 30, 1898. The next morning, his squadron destroyed the Spanish fleet in only two hours without a single American loss. A widely popular hero of his day, Dewey was commissioned Admiral of the Navy, a rank created for him, in March 1903. Two previous ships have proudly carried his name. The first was a destroyer (DD 349) that survived the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and went on to receive 13 battle stars for World War II service. The second was a destroyer commissioned as a guided-missile frigate (DLG 14) before being reclassified as a guided missile destroyer (DDG 45).
Dewey is the 55th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The ship will be able to conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management, to sea control and power projection. Dewey will be capable of fighting air, surface and subsurface battles simultaneously and contains a myriad of offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime warfare in keeping with "A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower," which postures the sea services to apply maritime power to protect U.S. vital interests in an increasingly interconnected and uncertain world.
Cmdr. Warren Buller, of Concord, Mass., will become the first commanding officer of the ship and lead the crew of 276 officers and enlisted personnel. The 9,200-ton Dewey was built by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. The ship is 509 feet in length, has a waterline beam of 59 feet, and a navigational draft of 31 feet. Four gas turbine engines will power the ship to speeds in excess of 30 knots.
100225-N-3038W-267 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 25, 2010) The guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) transits the Philippine Sea. Sampson is part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group conducting operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Released)
100520-N-9999X-002 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 20, 2010) The Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Jason Dunham (DDG 109) conducts sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean. Jason Dunham successfully completed a combined builder's and acceptance "super trial" during four days at sea. The trials are the last significant milestone before delivery of the ship to the Navy in summer 2010. The ship will be commissioned in November 2010. (Photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works/Released)
100605-N-0000G-001 BATH, Maine (June 5, 2010) Ellen Spruance Holscher, from Atlanta, sponsor of the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Spruance (DDG 111), celebrates after christening the ship at a ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The ship is named after Holscher's grandfather, Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, the U.S. Navy commander at the Battle of Midway, fought June 4-7, 1942. With Holscher are her two daughters, Dorothy Hamilton Holscher, left, and Margaret Spruance Holscher. (Photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works by D. Griggs/Released)
100605-N-0000G-002 BATH, Maine (June 5, 2010) Ellen Spruance Holscher and an unidentified man break a bottle of Champaign to christen the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Spruance (DDG 111), during a ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. Holscher is the ship's sponsor. Spruance is named after Holscher's grandfather, Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, the U.S. Navy commander at the Battle of Midway, fought June 4-7, 1942. (Photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works by D. Griggs/Released)
100628-N-6720T-064 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 28, 2010) The guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85), left, and the guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) transit the Western Pacific Ocean before taking part in a live-fire exercise. Curtis Wilbur and McCampbell are assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, and are underway supporting security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas/Released)
First thing I noticed before reading the caption was that both ships are flying Bravo. I see the Bravo flag and the little hairs on the back of my neck stand up because something is about to go down.
100628-N-6720T-064 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 28, 2010) The guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85), left, and the guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) transit the Western Pacific Ocean before taking part in a live-fire exercise. Curtis Wilbur and McCampbell are assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, and are underway supporting security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas/Released)
Indeed it was.....
the large American flags are money. Was just reading an account of the USS Constitution's engagements in which she unfurled her colors just before she fired....
100628-N-6720T-168 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 28, 2010) The guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) fires an MK 45 five-inch gun during a live-fire exercise. The MK 45 gun is a fully-automatic naval gun capable of providing accurate naval gunfire against fast, highly-maneuverable surface targets, air threats and shore batteries. Curtis Wilbur is assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15, part of the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed naval force and is underway supporting security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas/Released)
I remember being a second-class mid on board Ramage back in 2001, and the CO busting his First Lieutenant's balls for failing to bust out the battle ensign prior to a live-fire, like everyone else in the DESRON.
With the picture, who up and took a ball peen hammer to Curtis Wilbur's bow?
Not the battle Ensign.....the Bravo flag, as in:
100709-N-0464S-139 PEARL HARBOR (July 9, 2010) The guided-missile destroyer USS O'Kane (DDG 77) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a seven-month deployment. O'Kane is scheduled to conduct operations in the Middle East and western Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Rachel Swiatnicki/Released)