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USS STOCKDALE (DDG-106)

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
Under construction at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.
Christened at Bath, Maine, May 10 2008.

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Rear Adm. James B. Stockdale in full dress white uniform. He is one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the Navy, wearing twenty six personal combat decorations, including two Distinguished Flying Crosses, three Distinguished Service Medals, two Purple Hearts, and four Silver Star medals in addition to the Medal of Honor. Later he obtained the rank of Vice Admiral, and is the only three star Admiral in the history of the Navy to wear both aviator wings and the Medal of Honor. [1] U.S. Navy photo. [2] Tombstone at the Naval Academy February 2008.Larry Backus
Stockdale 73kSan Diego, January 12 2006, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Mike Mullen, presents a photo of the newly announced Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) to the widow of the late Vice Adm. John B. Stockdale. The photo was presented during the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association West 2006 Conference. USS Stockdale is scheduled to be commissioned in 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Gas Turbine System Technician 3rd class Andrew Korenkov.Tony Cowart
Stockdale 92kA series of construction photos from Bath Iron Works.Kevin Kelly
Stockdale 102kAa above.Kevin Kelly
Stockdale 105kAa above.Kevin Kelly
Stockdale 133kUSS Stockdale (DDG 106) under construction at Bath Iron Works.Bill Gonyo
Stockdale 27kSybil Stockdale, widow of Vice Admiral James Stockdale, center, joined by granddaughter Elizabeth Stockdale, left, and assisted by Jim Favreau, of Bath Iron Works, right, releases a bottle to christen the Arleigh Burke Class destroyer Stockdale, Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.Bill Gonyo
Stockdale 162kChristening Program for Stockdale DDG 106, held on May 10, 2008 at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.Robert M. Cieri
Stockdale 157kShip's patch.Robert M. Cieri

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Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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