USS Jason Dunham

USS *Jason Dunham*
	USS Jason Dunham sailing through Virginian waters in August 2015.
History
United States
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:	13 November 2010[3]
Homeport:	Norfolk, Virginia[2]
Motto:	Semper Fidelis, Semper Fortis ("Always faithful, always strong")
Status:	in active service
Badge:
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]
Armament:	1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/62 caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun; 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Autocannons; 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns; 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes; 96-cell Mk 41 VLS for:; RIM-66 Standard Missile 2; BGM-109 Tomahawk; RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles;
Aircraft carried:	2 x MH-60R Seahawk 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

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]

Gallery

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 March 14, 2013.
(PCU) Jason Dunham (DDG 109) conducts sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean May 20, 2010

References

"Navy Christens Newest Arleigh Burke-Class Ship Jason Dunham". Navy News Service. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
"Jason Dunham". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
"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

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.

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[NNS090801-03-1] "Navy Christens Newest Arleigh Burke-Class Ship Jason Dunham". Navy News Service. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.

[NVR-2] "Jason Dunham". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 4 August 2009.

[NNS101110-06-3] "Navy to Commission New Guided-Missile Destroyer Jason Dunham". Navy News Service. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.

[Marinesmag-4] Gams, PFC Michael T. (25 March 2010). "Legacy lives aboard USS Jason Dunham". Marines Magazine. United States Marine Corps. Retrieved 1 April 2010.