USS Jason Dunham

{{Short description|Destroyer in the US Navy}}

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| Ship caption = USS Jason Dunham in August 2015

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| Ship country = United States

| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}

| Ship name = Jason Dunham

| Ship namesake = Jason Dunham{{cite web|title=Navy Christens Newest Arleigh Burke-Class Ship Jason Dunham|website=Navy News Service|date=1 August 2009

|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=47354|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803122220/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=47354|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2009|access-date=4 August 2009 }}

| Ship awarded = 13 September 2002{{cite web

|title=Jason Dunham|website=Naval Vessel Register|url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DDG109}}|access-date=4 August 2009 }}

| Ship builder = Bath Iron Works

| Ship laid down = 11 April 2008

| Ship launched = 1 August 2009

| Ship commissioned = 13 November 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=57131|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115063422/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=57131|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 November 2010|title=Navy to Commission New Guided-Missile Destroyer Jason Dunham |date=10 November 2010|website=Navy News Service|access-date=11 November 2010}}

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| Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|369970347}}

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| Ship sponsor = Debra Dunham

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| Ship status = {{Ship in active service}}

| Ship homeport = Mayport{{cite web |last1=Frazier |first1=Francine |title=USS Jason Dunham arrives at new homeport |url=https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2021/02/13/uss-jason-dunham-arrives-at-new-homeport-of-mayport/ |website=news4jax |date=13 February 2021 |access-date=14 February 2021}}

| Ship motto = *Semper Fidelis, Semper Fortis

  • (Always faithful, always strong)

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| Ship class = {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}}

| Ship displacement = {{convert|9200|LT|abbr=on}}

| Ship length = {{convert|510|ft|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|66|ft|abbr=on}}

| Ship draft = {{convert|33|ft|abbr=on}}

| Ship propulsion = 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, {{convert|100000|shp|MW|lk=in|abbr=on}}

| Ship speed = >{{convert|30|kn|lk=in|abbr=on}}

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| Ship complement = 380 officers and enlisted

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| Ship armament = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III armament}}

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USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after US Marine Corps corporal Jason Dunham, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for service in the Iraq War. She was built by the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.{{cite web |url=http://marinesmagazine.dodlive.mil/2010/03/25/legacy-lives-aboard-uss-jason-dunham/ |title=Legacy lives aboard USS Jason Dunham |last=Gams |first=PFC Michael T. |date=25 March 2010 |work=Marines Magazine |publisher=United States Marine Corps |access-date=1 April 2010 |archive-date=11 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411061010/http://marinesmagazine.dodlive.mil/2010/03/25/legacy-lives-aboard-uss-jason-dunham/ |url-status=dead }} She was christened by Corporal Dunham's mother, Debra Dunham, the ship's sponsor and launched on 1 August 2009. Jason Dunham was commissioned on 13 November 2010.

Ship's history

In May 2022, Jason Dunham was homeported out of Naval Station Mayport and a part of Destroyer Squadron 28, along with Carrier Strike Group 8 led by the {{USS|Harry S. Truman|CVN-75|6}}.{{cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2022/05/23/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-may-23-2022|title=USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 23, 2022|publisher=usni.org|date=23 May 2022|access-date=2 June 2022}}

Gallery

File:US_Navy_101123-N-5292M-186_The_newly_commissioned_guided-missile_destroyer_USS_Jason_Dunham_(DDG_109)_arrives_to_its_new_homeport_of_Naval_Station.jpg|The newly commissioned USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) arrives at its new homeport of Naval Station Norfolk.

File:The guided missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) transits the Arabian Sea March 14, 2013 130314-N-XQ375-350.jpg|USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) transits the Arabian Sea 14 March 2013.

File:USS Jason Dunham.jpg|(PCU) Jason Dunham (DDG-109) conducts sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean 20 May 2010

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