USS Dewey (DDG-105)
Guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Dewey.
USS Dewey (DDG-105) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. Dewey is the third Navy ship named after Admiral of the Navy George Dewey, hero of the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.[2]
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USS Dewey on 24 September 2014 | |
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Name | Dewey |
Namesake | George Dewey |
Ordered | 13 September 2002 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 4 October 2006 |
Launched | 26 January 2008 |
Commissioned | 6 March 2010 |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
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Honors and awards | See Awards |
Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | 9,200 tons |
Length | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) |
Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
Speed | 30+ knots (55+ km/h) |
Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
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The ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 1 of Carrier Strike Group One of which the flagship is aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.[citation needed]