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USS Gridley (DDG-101)

Arleigh Burke-class destroyer

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	USS Gridley (DDG 101) transits the Atlantic Ocean. (48636129871) (cropped).jpg
image_caption	USS Gridley in 2019
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United States
flag
name	Gridley
namesake	Charles Vernon Gridley
ordered	6 March 1998
builder	Bath Iron Works
laid_down	30 July 2004
launched	28 December 2005
commissioned	10 February 2007
identification	*
homeport	Everett
status
motto	*Ignis Ubi Paratus
badge	[[File:USS Gridley DDG-101 Crest.png	150px]]
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class
displacement	9200 LT
length	509 ft
beam	66 ft
draught	31 ft
propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100000 shp
speed	30 kn
complement	380 officers and enlisted
armament
aircraft

Hull number: DDG-101
Call sign: NBMB
(Fire when ready)

The fourth USS Gridley (DDG-101) is an (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. Gridley is named after Captain Charles Gridley, commander of Admiral George Dewey's flagship , (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.

Construction and career

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 2004 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, 10 February 2007.

She has joined the Pacific Fleet and is homeported at Naval Station Everett.

Gridley departed Naval Base San Diego on 19 May 2008 for her maiden deployment and returned on 25 November 2008.

On 22 August 2014 Gridley departed the naval base for a scheduled 10-month deployment, along with and , returning on 4 June 2015.

On 9 July 2016 Gridley arrived at her new homeport in Everett, Washington.

In December 2021, Gridley departed Everett, on deployment as part of Destroyer Squadron 21, along with Carrier Strike Group 3 led by the on a scheduled deployment.

Gridley participated in RIMPAC 2022.

Awards

Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence Award, Afloat - (2022)

References

[http://www.military.com/news/article/navy-news/uss-ronald-reagans-third-deployment.html USS Ronald Reagan's Third Deployment] Military.com
[http://komonews.com/news/local/naval-station-everett-welcomes-uss-gridley] Everett Herald newspaper
(23 May 2022). "USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 23, 2022". usni.org.
(1 August 2022). "USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker". news.usni.org.
"ALNAV 057/23".

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