USS Jason Dunham
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USS Jason Dunham sailing through Virginian waters in August 2015.
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| Name: | USS Jason Dunham |
| Namesake: | Corporal 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: | 12 November 2010[3] |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia[2] |
| Motto: | Semper Fidelis, Semper Fortis ("Always faithful, always strong") |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| Badge: | 120px |
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| 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: | MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopters |
USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after U.S. Marine Corps corporal Jason Dunham, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for service in the Iraq War.[1]
History
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The newly commissioned USS Jason Dunham arrives at its new homeport of Naval Station Norfolk.
Jason Dunham is the 59th destroyer in her class and built by the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.[4] She was christened by Corporal Dunham's mother, Debra Dunham, and launched on 1 August 2009.[1] Jason Dunham was commissioned on 13 November 2010 with Commander M. Scott Sciretta in command.[3]
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- Official Ship's Site Retrieved 2010-04-09.
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