USS Jason Dunham

USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) is an Arleigh Burke-class 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.^[1]

History
USS Jason Dunham in August 2015
United States
Name	Jason Dunham
Namesake	Jason Dunham^[1]
Awarded	13 September 2002^[3]
Builder	Bath Iron Works^[3]
Laid down	11 April 2008^[3]
Launched	1 August 2009^[1]
Sponsored by	Debra Dunham^[2]
Commissioned	13 November 2010^[2]
Homeport	Mayport^[4]
Identification	MMSI number: 369970347 Callsign: NJDM Hull number: DDG-109
Motto	Semper Fidelis, Semper Fortis (Always faithful, always strong)
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer^[1]
Displacement	9,200 long tons (9,300 t)^[3]
Length	510 ft (160 m)^[3]
Beam	66 ft (20 m)^[3]
Draft	33 ft (10 m)^[3]
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)^[3]
Speed	>30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted^[3]
Armament	Guns: 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Machine Gun System 4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS): RIM-66M Surface-to-Air Missile RIM-156 Surface-to-Air Missile RIM-174A Standard ERAM RIM-161 Anti-Ballistic Missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise Missile RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 Lightweight Torpedo Mark 50 Lightweight Torpedo Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

Jason Dunham is the 59th destroyer in her class and built by the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.^[5] She was christened by Corporal Dunham's mother, Debra Dunham, the ship's sponsor and launched on 1 August 2009.^[1] Jason Dunham was commissioned on 13 November 2010.^[2]

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.^[6]

The newly commissioned USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) arrives at its new homeport of Naval Station Norfolk.
USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) transits the Arabian Sea 14 March 2013.
(PCU) Jason Dunham (DDG-109) conducts sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean 20 May 2010

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Navy Christens Newest Arleigh Burke-Class Ship Jason Dunham". Navy News Service. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Navy to Commission New Guided-Missile Destroyer Jason Dunham". Navy News Service. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Jason Dunham". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
^ Frazier, Francine (13 February 2021). "USS Jason Dunham arrives at new homeport". news4jax. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ Gams, PFC Michael T. (25 March 2010). "Legacy lives aboard USS Jason Dunham". Marines Magazine. United States Marine Corps. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
^ "USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 23, 2022". usni.org. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.

Official website
Photo gallery of USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) at NavSource Naval History
. Office of U.S. Congressman Randy Kuhl, 29th District of New York (Press release). 20 March 2007. Archived from the original on 26 April 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2007.