USS Stout
{{Short description|Arleigh Burke-class destroyer}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = US Navy 100926-N-5324W-099 The guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) is underway during routine training operations.jpg | Ship caption = USS Stout in the Atlantic Ocean in 2010 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag|2008}} | Ship name = Stout | Ship namesake = Herald F. Stout | Ship ordered = 13 December 1988 | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Ingalls Shipbuilding | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 8 August 1991 | Ship launched = 16 October 1992 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 13 August 1994 | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = Norfolk | Ship motto = *Tough, rugged, fast and ready
| Ship slogan = Tough, Rugged, Fast and Ready | Ship mascot = Yosemite Sam | Ship nickname = Bold Knight | Ship honors = | Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|368873000}}
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USS Stout (DDG-55) is an {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|0}} (Flight I) Aegis guided missile destroyer. Built for the United States Navy by Ingalls Shipbuilding, she was commissioned on 13 August 1994 and she is currently home-ported in Naval Station Norfolk. She is part of Destroyer Squadron 28.{{Official website|http://www.stout.navy.mil/}} Stout is named for Rear Admiral Herald F. Stout, who distinguished himself as the commanding officer of the destroyer {{USS|Claxton|DD-571|6}} during World War II. In November 1943, Commander Stout received two Navy Crosses in the span of three weeks for his actions in the Pacific. Stout aided Destroyer Squadron 23 in sinking five heavily armed Japanese warships and damaging four others during the Solomon Islands campaign as well as sinking four more Japanese warships and damaging two others to establish a beachhead on Bougainville Island. Stout was ordered on 13 December 1988, the keel was laid down on 8 August 1991, she was launched on 16 October 1992 and commissioned on 13 August 1994. As of January 2024 the ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 28 based out of Naval Station Norfolk.
Ship history
=Board of Inspection and Survey=
In April 2008, the ship comprehensively failed her Board of Inspection and Survey examination and was declared "unfit for sustained combat operations."{{cite web |url=http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3488407&c=SEA&s=TOP |title=U.S. Navy Finds Glaring Flaws in 2 Surface Ships |website=Defense News |date=20 April 2008 |access-date=22 April 2008}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{cite web |url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/04/navy_stout_insurvtext_042008w/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905212013/http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/04/navy_stout_insurvtext_042008w/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-05 |title=Navy Board of Inspection and Survey Report: USS Stout |website=Navy Times}}{{cite news |last=Eisman |first=Dale |url=http://hamptonroads.com/2009/05/lawmakers-seek-openness-after-navy-closes-reports |title=Lawmakers Seek Openness After Navy Closes Reports |work=Norfolk Virginian-Pilot |date=4 May 2009 |access-date=2 October 2015 |archive-date=12 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612102723/http://hamptonroads.com/2009/05/lawmakers-seek-openness-after-navy-closes-reports |url-status=dead }} The ship has since passed 13 of 13 rigorous unit level training inspections. Stout deployed in March 2009 on routine security operations in the Sixth Fleet operational area. On 15 July 2009, Fox News Channel reported Stout was in the Black Sea cooperating with Georgian forces in training exercises.
=Relief of Commanding Officer and several subordinates=
On 1 March 2011 while on deployment to the Mediterranean Sea in support of the crisis in Libya, Stout{{'}}s commanding officer, Command Master Chief, and eight other junior officers and non-commissioned officers were relieved by the Commander Sixth Fleet. The cited cause was a "pervasive pattern of unprofessional behavior" among the ship's crew including "fraternization, orders violations and disregard for naval standards of conduct and behavior which contributed to poor crew morale and a hostile command climate."{{cite web |url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/navy-stout-co-cmc-fired-030111w/ |title=Destroyer CO, CMC fired during deployment |website=Navy Times |date=1 March 2011 |access-date=2 October 2015}}{{cite web |last=Jontz |first=Sandra |url=http://www.stripes.com/news/navy/co-nine-others-removed-from-uss-stout-over-port-visit-misconduct-1.136349 |title=CO, nine others removed from USS Stout over port visit misconduct |work=Stars and Stripes |date=1 March 2011 |access-date=2 October 2015}}
=Operation Odyssey Dawn=
File:Tomahawk Missle Launch DVIDS379867.jpg]]
On 19 March 2011, in conjunction with other US Navy ships, the destroyer launched Tomahawk cruise missiles at Libyan air defenses as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn.{{cite news|last=Burns |first=Robert |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_libya |title=First wave of allied assault: 112 cruise missiles |work=Yahoo! News |date=20 March 2011 |access-date=20 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314231931/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_libya |archive-date=14 March 2011 }}
=Syrian civil war=
On 28 August 2013, the US Navy announced that Stout, was en route to join four other Arleigh Burke-class destroyers deployed in the eastern Mediterranean Sea amid allegations that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons during the ongoing Syrian civil war, including the 2013 Ghouta attacks.{{cite news|work=Navy Times |title=Official: 5th destroyer headed to the Med|date=29 August 2013 |access-date=29 August 2013|url=http://www.navytimes.com/article/20130829/NEWS08/308290025/Official-5th-destroyer-headed-Med}}
=Navy record for longest stint at sea=
File:USS Stout Strait of Hormuz May 2020.jpg, 31 May 2020.]]
On 3 October 2020, Stout moored in Rota, Spain, after 215 days consecutively at sea, surpassing the Navy's known record of 206 days at sea previously held by carrier {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower}} and cruiser {{USS|San Jacinto|CG-56|6}}. The unusually long deployment was as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and operational requirements.{{cite news |work=Navy Press Office |title=USS Stout Breaks Record As It Departs US 5th Fleet |date=29 September 2020 |access-date=30 September 2020 |url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display-news/Article/2364390/uss-stout-breaks-record-as-it-departs-us-5th-fleet/linkId/100000015668070/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=100001535682773&utm_campaign=Fight |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930062655/https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display-news/Article/2364390/uss7-stout-breaks-record-as-it-departs-us-5th-fleet/utm_source/twitter/utm_medium/social/utm_content/100001535682773/utm_campaign/Fight/linkId/100000015668070/ |archive-date=30 September 2020}}{{cite web|work= U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa / U.S. 6th Fleet|title= USS Stout Arrives in Rota, Spain, and the History Books |url=https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/2370962/uss-stout-arrives-in-rota-spain-and-the-history-books/|date= 3 October 2020|access-date=25 October 2020}}
Honors and awards
On 16 February 2007, Stout was awarded the 2006 Battle "E".{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=27895 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617210154/https://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=27895 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 June 2007 |title=Surface Force Ships, Crew Earn Battle "E" |publisher=US Navy |date=19 February 2007 |last=Ludwick |first=Paula M. |access-date=2 October 2015}}
Coat of arms
File:USS Stout DDG-55 Crest.png
=== Shield ===
The battle axe is adapted from the Stout family's coat of arms. Its upright position underscores Stout{{'}}s massive firepower and high survivability while the double axe head alludes to the all encompassing offensive and defensive power of the integrated AEGIS combat system. The star highlights Rear Admiral Stout's many awards, including the Silver Star. With resolute courage and daring aggressiveness, then Commander Stout aided his task force in sinking several Japanese warships to establish a beachhead on Bougainville Island. This Naval battle is symbolized by the wedge piercing the field of the shield. The wedge and field represents Rear Admiral Stout and the United States Navy's ability to disable and destroy a surface force of superior firepower.{{cite web|title=Coat of Arms: USS Stout (DDG 55)|url=http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=16042&CategoryId=9287&grp=5&menu=Uniformed%20Services|publisher=Institute of Heraldry, The Pentagon|access-date=18 September 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918201836/http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=16042&CategoryId=9287&grp=5&menu=Uniformed%20Services|archive-date=18 September 2017}} {{PD-notice}}
= Crest =
The cross symbolizes the two Navy Crosses Rear Admiral Stout was awarded as well as exemplifies the strong devotion to God and Country that characterized his Naval career. It is inflamed to recall the fierce naval battle during the Solomon Islands campaign. The lion is a metaphor for the courage and strength which Rear Admiral Stout and his crew had during World War II and to those who have served on board Stout (DDG-55).
References
{{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DDG55}}}}
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External links
{{Commons category|USS Stout (DDG-55)}}
- [http://navysite.de/dd/ddg55.htm Navysite.de DDG-55]
- {{YouTube|id=5f424aKqj9A|title=Night Tomahawk launch during Operation Odyssey Dawn|link=no}}
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Category:Arleigh Burke-class destroyers
Category:Destroyers of the United States