 USS Jason Dunham in August 2015 | |
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| Name: | Jason Dunham |
| Namesake: | Jason Dunham[1] |
| Awarded: | 13 September 2002[2] |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works[2] |
| Laid down: | 11 April 2008[2] |
| Launched: | 1 August 2009[1] |
| Sponsored by: | Debra Dunham[3] |
| Commissioned: | 13 November 2010[3] |
| Homeport: | Mayport[4] |
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| Status: | in active service, as of 2025[update] |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer[1] |
| Displacement: | 9,200 long tons (9,300 t)[2] |
| Length: | 510 ft (160 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 33 ft (10 m)[2] |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)[2] |
| Speed: | >30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 380 officers and enlisted[2] |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after US Marine Corps corporal Jason Dunham, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for service in the Iraq War.[1] She was built by the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.[5] She was christened by Corporal Dunham's mother, Debra Dunham, the ship's sponsor and launched on 1 August 2009.[1] Jason Dunham was commissioned on 13 November 2010.[3]
Ship's history[]
In May 2022, Jason Dunham was homeported out of Naval Station Mayport and a part of Destroyer Squadron 28, along with Carrier Strike Group 8 led by the USS Harry S. Truman.[6]
Gallery[]
_arrives_to_its_new_homeport_of_Naval_Station.jpg "US Navy 101123-N-5292M-186 The newly commissioned guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) arrives to its new homeport of Naval Station.jpg (702 KB)")
The newly commissioned USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) arrives at its new homeport of Naval Station Norfolk.
_transits_the_Arabian_Sea_March_14,_2013_130314-N-XQ375-350.jpg "The guided missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) transits the Arabian Sea March 14, 2013 130314-N-XQ375-350.jpg (1.48 MB)")
USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) transits the Arabian Sea 14 March 2013.
(PCU) Jason Dunham (DDG-109) conducts sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean 20 May 2010
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Navy Christens Newest Arleigh Burke-Class Ship Jason Dunham". 1 August 2009. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=47354.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Jason Dunham". http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/DDG109.HTM.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Navy to Commission New Guided-Missile Destroyer Jason Dunham". 10 November 2010. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=57131.
- ↑ Frazier, Francine (13 February 2021). "USS Jason Dunham arrives at new homeport". https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2021/02/13/uss-jason-dunham-arrives-at-new-homeport-of-mayport/.
- ↑ Gams, PFC Michael T. (25 March 2010). "Legacy lives aboard USS Jason Dunham". Marines Magazine. United States Marine Corps. http://marinesmagazine.dodlive.mil/2010/03/25/legacy-lives-aboard-uss-jason-dunham/.
- ↑ "USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 23, 2022". usni.org. 23 May 2022. https://news.usni.org/2022/05/23/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-may-23-2022.
External links[]
- Official website
- Photo gallery of USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) at NavSource Naval History
- "Kuhl applauds Navy for naming ship after Dunham, Secretary of the Navy will visit Scio to name new Destroyer after Jason Dunham". 20 March 2007. http://kuhl.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=60993.
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