USS GRIDLEY (DDG-101) source: WIKIPEDIA
The fourth USS Gridley (DDG-101) is the fifty-first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Gridley is named after Captain Charles Gridley, Commander of Admiral George Dewey's flagship Olympia, (Flag Captain) and recipient of Admiral Dewey's famous command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
In May 2004, the Secretary of the Navy announced the names of five new Arleigh Burke class destroyers, including Gridley. Her keel was laid on 30 July 2024 at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. She was christened on 11 February 2006. The Gridley was commissioned at the Port of Miami on Saturday, February 10, 2007.
She has joined the Pacific Fleet and is homeported at Naval Base San Diego.
General characteristics
Displacement: 9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length: 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam: 66 ft (20 m)
Draught: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed: >30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement: 380 officers and enlisted
Armament: One 32-cell and one 64-cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, with 96 RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk, or RUM-139
VL-Asroc, missiles
1 × 5 in (127 mm)62 cal MK 45, 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns
2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
USS SAMPSON (DDG-102) source: WIKIPEDIA
USS Sampson (DDG-102) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was authorized in 2002 and is the fourth U.S. Navy ship named to honor Rear Admiral William T. Sampson.
She was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. At her christening on 16 September 2006, the principal address was delivered by Senator Susan Collins of Maine, and the vessel was christened by Clara Parsons, great-granddaughter of R.Adm. Sampson and daughter of William Sterling Parsons, as the ship's sponsor. Commander Philip Roos is the ship's first commanding officer.
She was commissioned in Boston, Massachusetts on 3 November 2007.
General characteristics
Class and type: Arleigh Burke class destroyer
Displacement: 9,200 tons
Length: 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam: 66 ft (20 m)
Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed: 30+ knots (55+ km/h)
Complement: 383 officers and enlisted
Armament: 1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles
1 × 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 × 25 mm, 4 × 12.7 mm guns
2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
USS STERETT (DDG-104) source: WIKIPEDIA
USS Sterett (DDG-104), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of Andrew Sterett, a naval officer who served during the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars.
The contract to build her was awarded to Bath Iron Works Corporation in Bath, Maine on 13 September 2002. On 17 November 2005, her keel was laid down.
She was christened on 19 May 2007. The ship's sponsor was Michelle Sterett Bernson, a familial descendant of Andrew Sterett, who himself had no children.
Her commissioning took place in Baltimore, Maryland, Andrew Sterett's birthplace, on 9 August 2008. The ship's home port is Naval Base San Diego.
The ship was attacked without warning by Somali pirates using rocket-propelled grenades on February 22, 2011, during negotiations with the pirates for the release of four U.S. hostages, who were eventually killed.
General characteristics
Class and type: Arleigh Burke class destroyer
Displacement: 6,600 tons light, 9,200 tons full, 2,600 tons dead
Length: 509 ft 6 in (155.3 m) overall, 471 ft (143.6 m) waterline
Beam: 66 ft (20.1 m) extreme, 59 ft (18 m) waterline
Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m) maximum, 22 ft (6.7 m) limit
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed: 30+ knots (55+ km/h) designed
Complement: 32 officers, 348 enlisted
Armament: 1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2
BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles
1 × 5/62 in (127/62 mm)
2 × 25 mm
4 × 12.7 mm guns
2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
TECHNICAL DATA - Moving parts: steering wheel, throttle, switches, doors, knobs, cleats, masts, gangway, helipad nets, captain, helipad operator, hangar doors, gantry with ropes, hook and cargo-box, heli-carriages, windshield wipers, launcher flaps, torpedo launchers, rockets, torpedoes, cannon, flags - first time in 3 dimensions
- Controlled animation: speed, reverse engine, turns with automatic leans, lights, anchor, hangar doors, helipad nets, gangway, all launchers. cannon - vertically and horizontally.
- Virtual cockpit: helm with full 3D equipments, full interior model with 20 camera definitions.
- Speed max: 30+ knots
- Starter: one touch starter (double)
- Armament: 16 SM2 rocket (bow section), 15 projectiles - air type 127 mm, 15 projectiles - land type 127 mm, 2 x MK46 triple tubes with 6 torpedoes
- Model: 4 models: DDG-101, DDG-102, DDG-104, DDG-100 for AI
- Documentation: Included
- Disk space: approx. 836 MB