USS Stockdale underway in 2013
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Stockdale |
Namesake | James B. Stockdale[1] |
Awarded | 13 September 2002[2] |
Builder | Bath Iron Works[2] |
Laid down | 10 August 2006[2] |
Launched | 24 February 2008[2] |
Sponsored by | Sybil Stockdale |
Christened | 10 May 2008 |
Acquired | 30 September 2008[2] |
Commissioned | 18 April 2009[3] |
Homeport | San Diego |
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Motto | Return With Honor |
Honors and awards | See Awards |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | 9,200 tons[2] |
Length | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)[2] |
Beam | 66 ft (20 m)[2] |
Draft | 22 ft (6.7 m)[2] |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
Complement | 380 officers and enlisted[2] |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
USS Stockdale (DDG-106) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. The third U.S. Navy ship of that name, Stockdale is named after Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale (1923–2005) and is the 56th destroyer in her class. She was authorized on 13 September 2002 and was built by Bath Iron Works. Stockdale was christened 10 May 2008 by Admiral Stockdale's widow, Sybil, and delivered to the Navy on 30 September 2008. She transited the Panama Canal in March 2009; Admiral Stockdale's youngest son and grandchildren joined the ship for the trip.[4] USS Stockdale was commissioned on 18 April 2009 at Port Hueneme.[3]