USS Gridley (DDG 101)

The gridley 2008 during training drives
Overview
Order	March 6, 1998
Keel laying	July 30, 2004
Launch	December 28, 2005
1. Period of service
Commissioning	February 10, 2007
Technical specifications
displacement	9200 tons
length	156 meters
width	20 metres
Draft	9.5 meters
crew	32 officers, 350 men
drive	2 propellers, driven by 4 gas turbines; 100,000 wave horsepower
speed	31 knots
Armament	96 VLS cells 2 triple torpedo launchers 1 127 mm gun

The USS Gridley (DDG-101) is a destroyer in the United States Navy and belongs to the Arleigh Burke class . The warship is named after Captain Charles Vernon Gridley , who commanded Admiral George Dewey's flagship USS Olympia (C-6) in the Spanish-American War and the famous command “You may fire when you are ready, Gridley” during the battle in Manila Bay “Received.

history

DDG-101 was commissioned in 1998. In July 2004 the ship was laid down at Bath Iron Works and launched there on December 28, 2005. This was followed by the final equipment of the ship at the pier and the shipyard test drives. The official commissioning and thus takeover into the US Navy fleet took place on February 10, 2007 in the port of Miami . The gridley was then stationed in San Diego and operates in the Pacific fleet.

In May 2008, the destroyer moved alongside the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), also based in San Diego, to the Persian Gulf, and in 2009 to the western Pacific. In December 2010, the next bet ride began Gridley , this time on the side of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in Asian waters.

Web links

Commons : USS Gridley  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
• Official Homepage (Engl.)