USS Gridley (DDG-101)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Gridley.
The fourth USS Gridley (DDG-101) is the 51st Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Gridley is named after Captain Charles Gridley, Commander of Admiral George Dewey's flagship USS Olympia, (Flag Captain) and recipient of Admiral Dewey's famous command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.
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Name | Gridley |
Namesake | Charles Vernon Gridley |
Ordered | 6 March 1998 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 30 July 2004 |
Launched | 28 December 2005 |
Commissioned | 10 February 2007 |
Homeport | Everett |
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Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | 9,200 long tons (9,300 t) |
Length | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) |
Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
Draught | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
Speed | >30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
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