USS Stockdale (DDG-106)

USS *Stockdale* (DDG-106)
	USS Stockdale in the Pacific Ocean in 2013
History
United States
Name	USS Stockdale
Namesake	James B. Stockdale
Awarded	13 September 2002
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	10 August 2006
Launched	24 February 2008
Sponsored by	Sybil Stockdale
Christened	10 May 2008
Acquired	30 September 2008
Commissioned	18 April 2009
Homeport	Naval Base San Diego
Identification	MMSI number: 368771000; Callsign: NJBS;
Motto	"Return With Honor"
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	9,200 tons
Length	509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Draft	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/62 caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun; 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Autocannons; 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns; 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes; 96-cell Mk 41 VLS for:; RIM-66 Standard Missile 2; BGM-109 Tomahawk; RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles;
Aircraft carried	2 x SH-60 Seahawk helicopters

USS Stockdale (DDG-106) is an Template:Sclass- guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. The third U.S. Navy ship of that name, Stockdale is named after Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale (1923–2005) and is the 56th destroyer in her class. She was authorized on 13 September 2002 and was built by Bath Iron Works. Stockdale was christened 10 May 2008 by Admiral Stockdale's widow, Sybil, and delivered to the Navy on 30 September 2008. She transited the Panama Canal in March 2009; Admiral Stockdale's youngest son and grandchildren joined the ship for the trip.^[4] USS Stockdale was commissioned on 18 April 2009 at Port Hueneme.^[3]

Ship history

From November 2010 to July 2011, Stockdale performed an eight-month deployment in the United States Seventh Fleet Area of Responsibility. She made ports of call at Guam, Sepangar, Malaysia; Sihanoukville, Cambodia; Laem Chabang, Thailand; Singapore, and Chinhae, South Korea.

In July 2012, Stockdale participated in the naval exercise RIMPAC 2012. This included maneuvers in the Kaulakahi Channel (between Kauai and Niihau Islands, Hawaii) near the PMRF.

Awards

Navy E Ribbon - (2010, 2015)
Navy Expeditionary Medal - (Sep-Nov 2013)

Deployments

30 November 2010 – 22 July 2011 Maiden deployment
24 January 2013 – 8 November 2013 WESTPAC
20 January 2016 – 29 August 2016
20 October 2018 - 20 May 2019

7th Fleet Deployment, part of the "Great Green Fleet"

References

^ "New Destroyer Honors Vietnam War POW and Medal of Honor Recipient". U.S. Department of Defense. 12 January 2006. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "USS Stockdale". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office (NAVSHIPSO). Retrieved 16 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b Matthew T. Hall (18 April 2009). "Navy commissions destroyer honoring Coronado's Stockdale". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
^ "Stockdale Hosts Namesake Family for Historic Canal Transit". Navy News Service. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.

External links

[DLNews-1] "New Destroyer Honors Vietnam War POW and Medal of Honor Recipient". U.S. Department of Defense. 12 January 2006. Retrieved 16 March 2009.

[NVR-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "USS Stockdale". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office (NAVSHIPSO). Retrieved 16 March 2009.

[commission-3] Matthew T. Hall (18 April 2009). "Navy commissions destroyer honoring Coronado's Stockdale". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 18 April 2009.

[NavyNews1-4] "Stockdale Hosts Namesake Family for Historic Canal Transit". Navy News Service. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.

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