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| Ship image = [[File:150828-N-UY653-154 USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) returns to Norfolk homeport.jpg|300px]]
| Ship caption = USS ''Jason Dunham'' in August 2015
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{{Infobox ship career
| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}
| Ship name = ''Jason Dunham''
| Ship namesake = [[Jason Dunham]]<ref name="NNS090801-03">{{cite web|title=Navy Christens Newest Arleigh Burke-Class Ship Jason Dunham|website=Navy News Service|date=1 August 2009
|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=47354|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803122220/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=47354|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2009|access-date=4 August 2009 }}</ref>
| Ship awarded = 13 September 2002<ref Name="NVR">{{cite web
|title=Jason Dunham|website=Naval Vessel Register|url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DDG109}}|access-date=4 August 2009 }}</ref>
| Ship builder = [[Bath Iron Works]]<ref Name="NVR"/>
| Ship laid down = 11 April 2008<ref Name="NVR"/>
| Ship launched = 1 August 2009<ref name="NNS090801-03"/>
| Ship commissioned = 13 November 2010<ref name="NNS101110-06">{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=57131|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115063422/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=57131|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 November 2010|title=Navy to Commission New Guided-Missile Destroyer Jason Dunham |date=10 November 2010|website=Navy News Service|access-date=11 November 2010}}</ref>
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| Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|369970347}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: NJDM
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Juliet}}{{ICS|Delta}}{{ICS|Mike}}
*[[Hull number]]: DDG-109
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| Ship sponsor = Debra Dunham<ref name="NNS101110-06"/>
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| Ship status = {{Ship in active service}}
| Ship homeport = [[Naval Station Mayport|Mayport]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Frazier |first1=Francine |title=USS Jason Dunham arrives at new homeport |url=https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2021/02/13/uss-jason-dunham-arrives-at-new-homeport-of-mayport/ |website=news4jax |date=13 February 2021 |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>
| Ship motto = *''[[Semper fidelis|Semper Fidelis]], Semper Fortis''
*(Always faithful, always strong)
| Ship badge = [[File:USS Jason Dunham COA.png|150px]]
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}}<ref name="NNS090801-03"/>
| Ship displacement = {{convert|9200|LT|abbr=on}}<ref Name="NVR"/>
| Ship length = {{convert|510|ft|abbr=on}}<ref Name="NVR"/>
| Ship beam = {{convert|66|ft|abbr=on}}<ref Name="NVR"/>
| Ship draft = {{convert|33|ft|abbr=on}}<ref Name="NVR"/>
| Ship propulsion = 4 × [[General Electric LM2500|General Electric LM2500-30]] [[gas turbine]]s, 2 shafts, {{convert|100000|shp|MW|lk=in|abbr=on}}<ref Name="NVR"/>
| Ship speed = >{{convert|30|kn|lk=in|abbr=on}}
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| Ship complement = 380 officers and enlisted<ref Name="NVR"/>
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| Ship armament = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III armament}}
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| Ship aircraft = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III aircraft}}
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'''USS ''Jason Dunham'' (DDG-109)''' is an ''[[Arleigh Burke-class destroyer|Arleigh Burke-class]]'' ([[Arleigh Burke-class destroyer#Characteristics|Flight IIA]]) [[Aegis combat system|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]].<ref name="NNS090801-03"/> ''She was'' built by the [[Bath Iron Works]] in Bath, Maine.<ref name="Marinesmag">{{cite web |url=http://marinesmagazine.dodlive.mil/2010/03/25/legacy-lives-aboard-uss-jason-dunham/ |title=Legacy lives aboard USS Jason Dunham |last=Gams |first=PFC Michael T. |date=25 March 2010 |work=Marines Magazine |publisher=United States Marine Corps |access-date=1 April 2010 |archive-date=11 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411061010/http://marinesmagazine.dodlive.mil/2010/03/25/legacy-lives-aboard-uss-jason-dunham/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was christened by Corporal Dunham's mother, Debra Dunham, the ship's [[Ship sponsor|sponsor]] and launched on 1 August 2009.<ref name="NNS090801-03" /> ''Jason Dunham'' was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 13 November 2010.<ref name="NNS101110-06" />

==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|CVN-75|6}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2022/05/23/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-may-23-2022|title=USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 23, 2022|publisher=usni.org|date=23 May 2022|access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=180 class="center">
File: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|The newly commissioned USS ''Jason Dunham'' (DDG-109) arrives at its new homeport of [[Naval Station Norfolk]].
File:The guided missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) transits the Arabian Sea March 14, 2013 130314-N-XQ375-350.jpg|USS ''Jason Dunham'' (DDG-109) transits the Arabian Sea 14 March 2013.
File:USS Jason Dunham.jpg|(PCU) ''Jason Dunham'' (DDG-109) conducts sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean 20 May 2010
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.surflant.usff.navy.mil/ddg109/}}
* {{navsource|05/01109|USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109)}}
* {{cite press release
 |access-date  = 17 May 2007
 |url         = http://kuhl.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=60993
 |title       = Kuhl applauds Navy for naming ship after Dunham, Secretary of the Navy will visit Scio to name new Destroyer after Jason Dunham
 |date        = 20 March 2007
 |website     = Office of U.S. Congressman Randy Kuhl, 29th District of New York
 |url-status  = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070426002811/http://kuhl.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=60993
 |archive-date = 26 April 2007
}}

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