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]

USS Jason Dunham in August 2015
History
United States
Name	Jason Dunham
Namesake	Jason Dunham[1]
Awarded	13 September 2002[2]
Builder	Bath Iron Works[2]
Laid down	11 April 2008[2]
Launched	1 August 2009[1]
Sponsored by	Debra Dunham[3]
Commissioned	13 November 2010[3]
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
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer[1]
Displacement	9,200 long tons (9,300 t)[2]
Length	510 ft (160 m)[2]
Beam	66 ft (20 m)[2]
Draft	33 ft (10 m)[2]
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)[2]
Speed	>30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted[2]
Armament	1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/62 caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Autocannons 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes 96-cell Mk 41 VLS for: RIM-66 Standard Missile 2 BGM-109 Tomahawk RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles
Aircraft carried	2 x 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.[3]

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]

Gallery

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109).

• Official website
• Photo gallery of USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) at NavSource Naval History
• "Kuhl applauds Navy for naming ship after Dunham, Secretary of the Navy will visit Scio to name new Destroyer after Jason Dunham". 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.

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