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USS STERETT (DDG-104)

CLASS - BURKE Flight IIa As Built.
Displacement 8373 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 509' 5" (oa) x 66' 11" x 20' (Max)
Armament 1 x 5"/62 RF, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), 90 VLS Cells,
2 SH-60B helicopters, 8 Harpoon Missiles, 6 x 12.75" TT.
Machinery, 100,000 SHP; 4 GE LM-2500 Gas Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 30+ Knots, Range 4400 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 370.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down October 30 2005 at Bath Iron Works.
Christened at Bath Iron Works May 19, 2007.
Scheduled for commissioning at Baltimore August 9 2008.

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Sterett 28kAndrew 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
Sterett 100kSeptember 17 2006, under Constuction at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME.Dick Hart
Sterett 121kMichelle Sterett Bernson christens the USS Sterett DDG-104 on May 19, 2007. Photo by Mike Nutter, Bath Iron Works/General Dynamics.Bill Gonyo
Sterett 102kScenes from the Christening on May 19, 2007.Kevin Kelly
Sterett 102kAs above.Kevin Kelly
Sterett 266kAs above.Kevin Kelly
Sterett 103kAs above.Kevin Kelly
Sterett 84kAs above.Kevin Kelly
Sterett 105kAs above.Kevin Kelly
Sterett 105kAs above.Kevin Kelly
Sterett 90kAs above.Kevin Kelly
Sterett 107kAs above.Kevin Kelly
Sterett 95kAs above.Kevin Kelly
Sterett 126kAs above.Kevin Kelly
Sterett 130kAs above.Kevin Kelly
Sterett 84kChristening 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
Sterett 67kJeff 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
Sterett 151kMay 26 2007, afloat After Christening.Bill Gonyo
Sterett 177kA series of 5 views of the Sterett, July 3 2008, at Pier 2 at the Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island.Matthew R. Breen
Sterett 191kAs aboveMatthew R. Breen
Sterett 229kAs aboveMatthew R. Breen
Sterett 148kAs aboveMatthew R. Breen
Sterett 174kAs aboveMatthew R. Breen
Sterett 107kShip's patch.Robert M. Cieri

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