USS Dewey (DDG-105)

USS Dewey on 24 September 2014
History
United States
NameDewey
NamesakeGeorge Dewey
Ordered13 September 2002
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
Laid down4 October 2006
Launched26 January 2008
Commissioned6 March 2010
HomeportYokosuka
Identification
Motto
  • Dynamis Ex Cardias
  • (The Will to Fight from the Heart)[1]
Honors and
awards
See Awards
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeArleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement9,200 tons
Length509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam  66 ft (20 m)
Draft  31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed30+ knots (55+ km/h)
Complement380 officers and enlisted
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

USS Dewey (DDG-105) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. Dewey is the third Navy ship named after Admiral of the Navy George Dewey, hero of the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.[2]

The ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 1 of Carrier Strike Group One of which the flagship is aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "USS Dewey (DDG 105)". United States Army Institute of Heraldry. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Dewey's Legacy" 27 February 2010 page AA6 Los Angeles Times