USS Sterett (DDG-104)

	Sterett transiting the Arabian Sea, 22 April 2012
History
United States
Name	USS Sterett
Namesake	Andrew Sterett
Ordered	13 September 2002
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	17 November 2005
Launched	19 May 2007
Commissioned	9 August 2008
Homeport	Naval Base San Diego
Identification	MMSI number: 369970119; Callsign: NRDT;
Motto	"Forever Dauntless"
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	6,600 tons light,; 9,200 tons full,; 2,600 tons dead;
Length	509 ft 6 in (155.3 m) overall,; 471 ft (143.6 m) waterline;
Beam	66 ft (20.1 m) extreme,; 59 ft (18 m) waterline;
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m) maximum,; 22 ft (6.7 m) limit;
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed	30+ knots (55+ km/h) designed
Complement	32 officers, 348 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 Sterett (DDG-104) is a Flight IIA Template:Sclass- guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.

Etymology

USS Sterett is the fourth ship of the U.S. Navy to be named after Andrew Sterett, a U.S. naval officer who fought in the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars.

History

The contract to build USS Sterett was awarded to Bath Iron Works Corporation in Bath, Maine on 13 September 2002. On 17 November 2005, her keel was laid down, and she was christened on 19 May 2007. The ship's sponsor was Michelle Sterett Bernson, a familial descendant of Andrew Sterett, who himself had no children.

The vessel's commissioning took place in Baltimore, Maryland, Andrew Sterett's birthplace, on 9 August 2008. The ship's home port is Naval Base San Diego.^[1]

The ship was attacked without warning by Somali pirates using rocket-propelled grenades on 22 February 2011, during negotiations with the pirates for the release of four U.S. hostages, who were eventually killed.^[2]

In popular culture

USS Sterett served as one of the filming locations for the TNT's television series The Last Ship and its fictional setting, USS Nathan James (DDG-151).

References

^ Lhee, Euna, "USS Sterett Unveiled, Set To Sail^{[permanent dead link‍]}", Baltimore Sun, 10 August 2008.
^ https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/22/us-somalia-pirates-usa-idUSTRE71L3JP20110222

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

[1] Lhee, Euna, "USS Sterett Unveiled, Set To Sail^{[permanent dead link‍]}", Baltimore Sun, 10 August 2008.

[2] ttps://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/22/us-somalia-pirates-usa-idUSTRE71L3JP20110222

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