USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after US Marine Corps corporal Jason Dunham, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for service in the Iraq War.[1]
_returns_to_Norfolk_homeport.jpg) USS Jason Dunham in August 2015
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| Name | Jason Dunham |
| Namesake | 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 | 13 November 2010[3] |
| Homeport | Mayport[4] |
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| Status | in active service |
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| General characteristics | |
| 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 | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
Jason Dunham is the 59th destroyer in her class and built by the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.[5] She was christened by Corporal Dunham's mother, Debra Dunham, the ship's sponsor and launched on 1 August 2009.[1] Jason Dunham was commissioned on 13 November 2010.[3]
Ship's history
editIn May 2022, Jason Dunham was homeported out of Naval Station Mayport and a part of Destroyer Squadron 28, along with Carrier Strike Group 8 led by the USS Harry S. Truman.[6]
Gallery
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The newly commissioned USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) arrives at its new homeport of Naval Station Norfolk. -
USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) transits the Arabian Sea 14 March 2013. -
(PCU) Jason Dunham (DDG-109) conducts sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean 20 May 2010
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Navy Christens Newest Arleigh Burke-Class Ship Jason Dunham". Navy News Service. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Jason Dunham". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ^ a b c "Navy to Commission New Guided-Missile Destroyer Jason Dunham". Navy News Service. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ^ Frazier, Francine (13 February 2021). "USS Jason Dunham arrives at new homeport". news4jax. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ Gams, PFC Michael T. (25 March 2010). "Legacy lives aboard USS Jason Dunham". Marines Magazine. United States Marine Corps. Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- ^ "USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 23, 2022". usni.org. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109).
- Official website
- Photo gallery of USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) at NavSource Naval History
- "Kuhl applauds Navy for naming ship after Dunham, Secretary of the Navy will visit Scio to name new Destroyer after Jason Dunham". Office of U.S. Congressman Randy Kuhl, 29th District of New York (Press release). 20 March 2007. Archived from the original on 26 April 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2007.