USS Gridley (DDG-101)

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.

USS Gridley in 2019
History
United States
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
Identification	MMSI number: 369961000 Hull number: DDG-101 Call sign: NBMB
Motto	Ignis Ubi Paratus (Fire when ready)
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
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
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 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

Construction and career

In May 2004, the Secretary of the Navy announced the names of five new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, including Gridley. Her keel was laid on 30 July 2004 at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. She was christened on 11 February 2006. The Gridley was commissioned at the Port of Miami on Saturday, 10 February 2007.

She has joined the Pacific Fleet and is homeported at Naval Station Everett.

Gridley departed Naval Base San Diego on 19 May 2008 for her maiden deployment and returned on 25 November 2008.^[1]

On 22 August 2014 Gridley departed the naval base for a scheduled 10-month deployment, along with USS Bunker Hill and USS Carl Vinson, returning on 4 June 2015.^{[citation needed]}

On 9 July 2016 Gridley arrived at her new homeport in Everett, Washington.^[2]

In December 2021, Gridley departed Everett, on deployment as part of Destroyer Squadron 21, along with Carrier Strike Group 3 led by the USS Abraham Lincoln^[3] on a scheduled deployment.

Gridley participated in RIMPAC 2022.^[4]

Awards

• Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence Award, Afloat - (2022)^[5]

References

1. USS Ronald Reagan's Third Deployment Military.com
2. Everett Herald newspaper
3. "USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 23, 2022". usni.org. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
4. "USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker". news.usni.org. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
5. "ALNAV 057/23". MyNavyHR. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Official Ship's Site^{[permanent dead link]}