Destroyer Squadron 60

Destroyer Squadron 60
Destroyer Squadron 60 emblem
Active1940s,[1][2] 19 February 2003 – present[3]
Country United States
Branch United States Navy
TypeDestroyer squadron
RoleNaval surface/strike/anti-aircraft warfare, ballistic missile defense (BMD)
Part ofUnited States Sixth Fleet[3]
Garrison/HQNaval Station Rota, Spain[4]
Motto(s)In the Fight
Websitewww.surflant.usff.navy.mil/desron60/
Commanders
CommodoreCaptain Edward Sundberg 5 Aug 2022-Present[5]

Destroyer Squadron 60 (stylized DESRON 60 and Destroyer Squadron SIX ZERO) is a destroyer squadron of the United States Navy. Destroyer Squadron 60 is one of three U.S. Navy destroyer squadrons permanently based outside the continental United States.[6]

  1. ^ "Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 60". Destroyer History Home Page. Destroyer History Foundation. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. ^ Roscoe. U.S. Destroyer Operations in WW2, pp. 361, 455.
  3. ^ a b "Military Installations Guide 2.0 NSA Gaeta, Italy – re Destroyer Squadron 60". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. ^ "ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMANDER, DESTROYER SQUADRON SIX ZERO" (PDF). OPNAVNOTE 5400 Ser DNS-33/13U102244. United States Department of the Navy. 9 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Task Force 65 and Destroyer Squadron 60 holds Change of Command ceremony". c6f.navy.mil. U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa / U.S. 6th Fleet. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Gaeta-based Destroyer Squadron 60 small, but mighty". Stars and Stripes. 12 July 2003. Retrieved 27 July 2013.