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USS Dewey (DDG 105)

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.

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Crew List:

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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USS DEWEY Cruise Books:

• WestPac Cruise Book 2014-15

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About the Ship's Name:

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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USS DEWEY History:

USS DEWEY was built at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and christened by Deborah Mullen on January 26, 2008, before joining the fleet following a commissioning ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, California, on March 6, 2010. After post-delivery trials and basic training out of San Diego, she prepared for Pacific and Middle East operations under Destroyer Squadron control.

DEWEY's maiden deployment began on July 29, 2011, when she departed San Diego with the JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) Carrier Strike Group for the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, entering 7th Fleet in mid-August. A planned late-August Manila visit was canceled due to Typhoon Mina, but by September she was moving through a series of regional engagements and port calls associated with the strike group's theater security cooperation and undersea warfare training, including Port Klang, Malaysia (September 4-8), and subsequent 7th Fleet port visits.

Through late 2011 and early 2012, DEWEY shifted to 5th Fleet operations in the North Arabian Sea and the Gulf region as part of routine carrier escort and maritime security missions linked to ongoing U.S. commitments during Operation Enduring Freedom and, through December 2011, the final phase of Operation New Dawn. She visited Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, during two late-2011 port calls, and moored in Singapore from January 26-30, 2012, while transiting back toward the western Pacific. On January 18, 2012, DEWEY rendered assistance to mariners in distress - part of a series of at-sea aid events involving U.S. ships in the region that month - before the JOHN C. STENNIS group completed the deployment. DEWEY was back in San Diego by February 27, 2012.

Following local operations and maintenance, DEWEY deployed again across the Pacific and into 5th Fleet from August 2014 into the first half of 2015 for independent maritime security tasking and presence operations. Port activity during this period reflected the ship's movement around the approaches to the Arabian Sea and Gulf: she pulled into Muscat, Oman, on December 30, 2014, and later moored at Khalifa Bin Salman Port, Bahrain, on February 10, 2015, after several weeks of maritime security operations. Additional liberty and engagement stops followed at Doha, Qatar (late March), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (April 8), and Phuket, Thailand (April 22), before her return to the Pacific and homeport in early summer 2015.

In 2017, DEWEY formed, with STERETT (DDG 104) and the staff of Destroyer Squadron 31, the STERETT-DEWEY Surface Action Group under the "Third Fleet Forward" construct, departing for the Western Pacific at the end of March and making a first stop at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on April 11. During that Western Pacific period, DEWEY conducted a freedom of navigation operation near Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands in late May, a legally routine transit to challenge excessive maritime claims. In mid-June, she sortied to assist following the collision of FITZGERALD (DDG 62) off Japan, contributing to the immediate response.

DEWEY returned to the Indo-Pacific in early 2018, getting underway from San Diego on February 6 for a three-month deployment that included an in-port phase at Pearl Harbor in February and integrated operations with the "up-gunned" WASP (LHD 1) Expeditionary Strike Group in the Philippine and East China Seas. She completed the deployment with an arrival in San Diego on May 11.

Back in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the ship's performance was recognized when her crew received the 2018 Spokane Trophy in a ceremony held September 26, 2019, honoring overall combat systems readiness and warfare proficiency across the surface force. The command also earned a Battle "E" for competitive year 2019, reflecting sustained excellence in departmental awards that aggregate into the overall effectiveness assessment.

In early 2020, during a maintenance period, the Navy installed the first operational Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN) laser aboard DEWEY, introducing a shipboard, non-lethal counter-UAS capability intended to degrade or deny hostile unmanned aerial systems' electro-optical sensors. This was the first ODIN fit on a fleet destroyer and marked the start of a broader directed-energy rollout across selected DDGs.

By 2022, DEWEY was forward-deployed to 7th Fleet from Yokosuka, Japan, and continued high-tempo operations across the Philippine Sea, East China Sea, and surrounding waters. She completed a Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) period in March, then executed combined events at sea - such as cross-deck evolutions with U.S. Air Force aircrews embarked - demonstrating integration among joint and allied forces across the theater.

Operating throughout 2023 from Japan, DEWEY maintained presence patrols, conducted port engagement at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, on October 27, and on November 3 executed a freedom of navigation operation in the Spratly Islands, challenging unlawful maritime claims consistent with international law.

In 2024, she broadened her multilateral profile. During August, DEWEY conducted cooperative activities at sea with the French frigate FS BRETAGNE and the Italian carrier CAVOUR while operating in the Philippine Sea and South China Sea, then joined India, Japan, and Australia for the MALABAR 2024 in-port phase at Visakhapatnam on October 8 and the at-sea phase in the Bay of Bengal through mid-October. In September-November she also took part in Australia's large-scale exercise KAKADU 2024 near Darwin, conducting live-fire and force-protection drills with regional partners, and later made a port call at Lumut, Malaysia, during a late-year swing through Southeast Asia.

In 2025, DEWEY remained a forward-deployed unit of DESRON 15, supporting sustained 7th Fleet presence and maritime security. In early May she berthed at Changi Naval Base to participate in IMDEX Asia 2025, where her crew and an embarked HSM-51 MH-60R supported static displays and professional exchanges with regional navies, underscoring continued engagement and interoperability across the Indo-Pacific. Through the summer she continued routine Western Pacific operations from Yokosuka.

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Homeports of USS DEWEY:

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USS DEWEY Image Gallery:

The photos below were taken by me and show the DEWEY at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on May 10, 2012.

The photos below were taken by me and show the DEWEY at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on October 3, 2012.

The photo below was taken by Henry Schnutz and shows the DEWEY at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on August 27, 2013.

The photos below were taken by Lydia Perz and show the DEWEY at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on May 3, 2014.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the DEWEY undergoing a Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Continental Maritime of San Diego shipyard on October 2, 2015.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the DEWEY at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on October 6, 2016.

The photos below was taken by Sebastian Thoma and shows the DEWEY at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on December 20, 2016.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the DEWEY at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on October 11, 2017.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning during an open ship event aboard USS DEWEY as part of the Los Angeles Fleet Week 2018 at San Pedro, Calif., on August 31, 2018.

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The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the DEWEY at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on September 28, 2018.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the DEWEY at BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair on March 2, 2019.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the DEWEY at BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair on November 8, 2019 - just a few days before finishing her 10-month Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA). During the DSRA, the DEWEY was fitted with an Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy, or ODIN. The system can be spotted in front of the bridge and it's the successor of the Laser Weapons System (LaWS) which was a 30-kilowatt laser installed aboard USS PONCE (AFSB(I) 15) in 2014. Although already installed aboard DEWEY in November 2019, the Navy did not make it public until late February 2020. According to the Navy, the new system is intended for use against enemy drones. DEWEY is the first ship equipped with ODIN and will use it for tests and evaluation.

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