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28k | Andrew Sterett was born in 1760 in Baltimore, Md.- was appointed lieutenant in the United States Navy on 25 March 1798 and assigned to Constellation as Third Lieutenant. During the Quasi-War with France, he was still serving in Constellation when she captured L'lnsurgente. By 1800, he had risen to First Lieutenant; and he participated in Constellation's action against La Vengeance. Given command of the schooner, Enterprise, Lt. Sterett led her in the capture of the French privateer, V'Amour de la Patrie, on Christmas Eve 1800. In June 1801, he sailed in Enterprise from Baltimore for service with the Mediterranean Squadron. While on that cruise, Enterprise engaged and captured a 14-gun Tripolitan cruiser and her 80-man crew. In gratitude, Congress awarded Sterett a sword and highly commended his crew. Lt. Sterett continued his Navy career until he resigned his commission in 1805. He died on 9 June 1807, at Lima, Peru. | Bill Gonyo | |
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100k | September 17 2006, under Constuction at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME. | Dick Hart | |
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121k | Michelle Sterett Bernson christens the USS Sterett DDG-104 on May 19, 2007. Photo by Mike Nutter, Bath Iron Works/General Dynamics. | Bill Gonyo | |
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102k | Scenes from the Christening on May 19, 2007. | Kevin Kelly | |
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102k | As above. | Kevin Kelly | |
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266k | As above. | Kevin Kelly | |
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103k | As above. | Kevin Kelly | |
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84k | As above. | Kevin Kelly | |
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105k | As above. | Kevin Kelly | |
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105k | As above. | Kevin Kelly | |
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90k | As above. | Kevin Kelly | |
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107k | As above. | Kevin Kelly | |
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95k | As above. | Kevin Kelly | |
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126k | As above. | Kevin Kelly | |
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130k | As above. | Kevin Kelly | |
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84k | Christening Program for Sterett DDG-104, held at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME on May 19 2007. On the cover is the "US schooner Enterprise capturingthe Tripolitan corsair Tripoli, August 1, 1801" by CAPT William Bainbridge Hoff, USN (1878) from the National Archives. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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67k | Jeff Sterett of Denver, Colo., gets down low to photograph his brother, Ryan Sterett, and his fiancee, April Fetzer, after the christening of the destroyer Sterett at Bath Iron Works on May 19, 2007. The warship is named for the men's great-great-great-great-great uncle, Lt. Andrew Sterett. Photo By Robert F. Bukaty. | Bill Gonyo | |
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151k | May 26 2007, afloat After Christening. | Bill Gonyo | |
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177k | A series of 5 views of the Sterett, July 3 2008, at Pier 2 at the Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. | Matthew R. Breen | |
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191k | As above | Matthew R. Breen | |
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229k | As above | Matthew R. Breen | |
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148k | As above | Matthew R. Breen | |
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174k | As above | Matthew R. Breen | |
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107k | Ship's patch. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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