| USS Dewey (DDG-105) | |
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 USS Dewey on 24 September 2014 | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | USS Dewey |
| Namesake: | Admiral of the Navy (United States) George Dewey |
| Ordered: | 13 September 2002 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 4 October 2006 |
| Launched: | 26 January 2008 |
| Commissioned: | 6 March 2010 |
| Homeport: | Yokosuka |
| Motto: |
Dynamis Ex Cardias ("The Will to Fight from the Heart")[1] |
| Status: | In Service |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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: |
1 × 32 cell, 1 × 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 1 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
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]
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]
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2013 documentary short film showing daily life as a sailor aboard USS Dewey.
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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)
References[]
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
- ↑ "USS Dewey (DDG 105)". United States Army Institute of Heraldry. http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/Navy/NavalShip.aspx?u=2812. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ↑ "Dewey's Legacy" 27 February 2010 page AA6 Los Angeles Times
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Navy NewsStand – Eye on the Fleet". United States Navy. 26 January 2008. http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=54810.
- ↑ Gary Robbins Warship leaves O.C. to avoid tsunami Archived 2 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine. 27 February 2010 Orange County Register
- ↑ "China protests U.S. warship entering South China Sea - Xinhua | English.news.cn". http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-05/25/c_136315221.htm.
- ↑ Standifer, Cid (29 May 2017). "UPDATED: A Brief History of U.S. Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China Sea". USNI News. https://news.usni.org/2017/05/29/brief-history-us-freedom-navigation-operations-south-china-sea.
- ↑ "Bryce Benson: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". 16 June 2017. http://heavy.com/news/2017/06/bryce-benson-uss-fitzgerald-commander-captain-facebook-photos-bio-family-injuries/.
- ↑ Maynard, Mackenzie; Feather, Bill; Stickney, R. (5 October 2017). "USS Dewey Leaks Oil Near Mouth of Tijuana River". KNSD. San Diego. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Navy-USS-Dewey-Oil-Leak-Tijuana-River-San-Diego-Harbor-449591913.html.
- ↑ "Navy arms destroyers with new laser weapons" (in en-US). 2020-02-27. https://www.foxnews.com/tech/navy-arms-destroyers-with-new-laser-weapons.
- ↑ Seck, Hope Hodge (21 February 2020). "The Navy Has Installed the First Drone-Stopping Laser on a Destroyer". https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/21/navy-has-installed-first-drone-stopping-laser-destroyer.html.
- ↑ "CLOSING CEREMONY OF MALABAR 2024". 2024-10-18. https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2066287.
- ↑ Affairs, by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Richard L. J. Gourley, USS Sterett Public. "USS Dewey Returns to San Diego After Deployment". https://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg105/Pages/USS-Dewey-Returns-to-San-Diego-After-Deployment.aspx.
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