USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109)
| Artist's depiction of USS Jason Dunham and namesake Artist's depiction of USS Jason Dunham and namesake | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Jason Dunham |
| Namesake: | Corporal Jason L. Dunham[1] |
| Awarded: | 13 September 2002[2] |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works[2] |
| Laid down: | 11 April 2008[2] |
| Launched: | 1 August 2009[1] |
| Commissioned: | Scheduled 2010 |
| Motto: | Semper Fidelis, Semper Fortis ("Always faithful, always strong") |
| Status: | Pre-commissioned Unit |
| 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 × 32 cell, 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles • 1 × 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 × 25 mm, 4 × 12.7 mm guns • 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes • 2 × Mk. 15 Phalanx CIWS or RIM-116 RAM |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) will be an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after Corporal Jason L. Dunham USMC, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for service in Iraq.[1]
Jason Dunham is the 59th destroyer in her class and built by the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.[3] She was christened by Corporal Dunham's mother, Debra Dunham, and launched on August 1, 2009.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Navy Christens Newest Arleigh Burke-Class Ship Jason Dunham". Navy News Service. 1 August 2009. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=47354. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Jason Dunham". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG109.htm. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
- ↑ Gams, PFC Michael T. (March 25, 2010). "Legacy lives aboard USS Jason Dunham". Marines Magazine. United States Marine Corps. http://marinesmagazine.dodlive.mil/2010/03/25/legacy-lives-aboard-uss-jason-dunham/. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
External links
- "USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109)". Destroyer Photo Archive. NavSource Online. http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/01109.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- Office of U.S. Congressman Randy Kuhl, 29th District of New York (20 March 2007). "Kuhl applauds Navy for naming ship after Dunham, Secretary of the Navy will visit Scio to name new Destroyer after Jason Dunham". Press release. http://kuhl.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=60993. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
- Official Ship's Site Retrieved 2010-04-09.
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