USS Sterett (DDG-104)
_120422-N-SK590-937.jpg) Sterett transiting the Arabian Sea, 22 April 2012
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| 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 |
| Motto | "Forever Dauntless" |
| Status | in active service |
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| Class and type | Arleigh Burke class destroyer |
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| 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 |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
The USS Sterett (DDG-104) is a Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.
Etymology
The 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 the 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.
Her 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]
References
- ^ Lhee, Euna, "USS Sterett Unveiled, Set To Sail", Baltimore Sun, 10 August 2008.
- ^ http://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.
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