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USS DEWEY is one of the Flight IIA ARLEIGH BURKE - class of Aegis guided missile destroyers and the third ship in the Navy named after Admiral George Dewey.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: September 13, 2002 |
| Keel laid: October 4, 2006 | |
| Launched: January 18, 2008 | |
| Commissioned: March 6, 2010 | |
| Builder: Northrop Grumman Ship Systems' Ingalls Operations, Pascagoula, Miss. | |
| Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines | |
| Propellers: two | |
| Length: 508,5 feet (155 meters) | |
| Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters) | |
| Draft: 30,5 feet (9.3 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 9,200 tons full load | |
| Speed: 32 knots | |
| Aircraft: two SH-60 (LAMPS 3) helicopters | |
| Armament: one Mk-45 5"/62 caliber lightweight gun, two Mk-41 VLS for Standard missiles and Tomahawk ASM/LAM, one 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk-50 and Mk-46 torpedoes, two Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm machine gun systems | |
| Homeport: San Diego, Calif. | |
| Crew: approx. 320 |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS DEWEY. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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George Dewey, born 26 December 1837 in Montpelier, Vt., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1868 and after varied important service assumed command of the Asiatic Station 3 January 1898, with his flag in the protected cruiser OLYMPIA. On the night of 30 April 1898 Admiral Dewey led his squadron into Manila Bay and the next morning in 2 hours destroyed the Spanish fleet without a single American loss. Admiral Dewey was relieved of his command 4 October 1899 and ordered to Washington, D.C., where he was designated President of the General Board. On 24 March 1903 he was commissioned Admiral of the Navy, a rank created for him, which he held until his death 16 January 1917.
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The photos below were taken by me and show the DEWEY at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on May 10, 2012.
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The photos below were taken by me and show the DEWEY at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on October 3, 2012.
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