USS Dewey (DDG-105)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Dewey.

USS Dewey (DDG-105) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis 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]

USS Dewey on 24 September 2014
History
United States
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
Identification	MMSI number: 382933000 Hull number: DDG-105
Motto	Dynamis Ex Cardias (The Will to Fight from the Heart)[1]
Honors and awards	See Awards
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
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
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 mk 45 mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns Lasers: Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN) Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS): RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

The ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 15 of the George Washington Carrier Strike Group.

History

She was authorized on 13 September 2002 and was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. The keel was laid down on 4 October 2006 at the company's shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. On 26 January 2008, Dewey was christened in a ceremony in Pascagoula, by Deborah Mullen, the wife of Admiral Mike Mullen.^[3] Dewey was commissioned in Seal Beach, California on 6 March 2010, as the 55th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.^[3] This is the first ship commissioning for the City of Seal Beach.^[4]

In April 2013, Dewey was outfitted with a Laser Weapon System (LaWS). This is an experimental weapon which can be used to disable small boats and drones.

On 26 May 2017, Dewey carried out a "freedom of navigation operation" (FONOP) in waters claimed by China in the South China Sea. According to Chinese sources, Dewey was "warned and expelled" from Chinese waters near the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea.^[5] According to the US Navy, the FONOP proceeded as planned by peacefully transiting the area, despite verbal challenges and approaches by Chinese vessels.^[6]

On 16 June 2017, Dewey got underway to assist USS Fitzgerald after a collision with the Japanese-owned (NYK Line) Philippine-flagged container ship ACX Crystal.^[7] On 4 September 2017, she deployed to the Port of Los Angeles as part of the 2017 fleet week activities. In October 2017, Dewey spilled oil near the Tijuana River.^[8]

In early 2020 the Optical Dazzling Interdictor laser weapon was installed on Dewey.^[9] She was the first ship to receive the new weapons system.^[10]

The ship participated in Exercise Malabar 2024 which was held from 8 to 18 October.^[11]

Deployments

• 29 July 2011 – 27 February 2012 Maiden deployment
• 22 August 2014 – 4 June 2015 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
• 31 March 2017 – 31 July 2017 Western Pacific
• 6 February 2018 – 11 May 2018 Western Pacific^[12]

Awards

• Navy Unit Commendation - (Sep 2011-Jan 2012, Jul 2012-May 2013)
• Battle "E" - (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
• Spokane Trophy Award - (2018)