USS Jason Dunham

	USS Jason Dunham in August 2015
History
United States
Name	Jason Dunham
Namesake	Jason Dunham
Awarded	13 September 2002
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	11 April 2008
Launched	1 August 2009
Sponsored by	Debra Dunham
Commissioned	13 November 2010
Home port	Mayport
Identification	MMSI number: 369970347; Callsign: NJDM; ; Hull number: DDG-109;
Motto	Semper Fidelis, Semper Fortis; (Always faithful, always strong);
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length	510 ft (160 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Draft	33 ft (10 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed	>30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns:; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun); 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS; 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system; 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) caliber guns; Missiles:; 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS):; RIM-66M surface-to-air missile; RIM-156 surface-to-air missile; RIM-174A Standard ERAM; RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile; RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed); BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile; RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC; Torpedoes:; 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes:; Mark 46 lightweight torpedo; Mark 50 lightweight torpedo; Mark 54 lightweight torpedo;
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named after US Marine Corps corporal Jason Dunham, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for service in the Iraq War.^[1] She was built by the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.^[5] She was christened by Corporal Dunham's mother, Debra Dunham, the ship's sponsor, and launched on 1 August 2009.^[1] Jason Dunham was commissioned on 13 November 2010.^[3]

NameJason Dunham

Awarded13 September 2002^[2]

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USS Jason Dunham in August 2015




United States
Name	Jason Dunham
Namesake	Jason Dunham^[1]
Awarded	13 September 2002^[2]
Builder	Bath Iron Works^[2]
Laid down	11 April 2008^[2]
Launched	1 August 2009^[1]
Sponsored by	Debra Dunham^[3]
Commissioned	13 November 2010^[3]
Home port	Mayport^[4]
Identification	MMSI number: 369970347 Callsign: NJDM Hull number: DDG-109
Motto	Semper Fidelis, Semper Fortis (Always faithful, always strong)
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,200 long tons (9,300 t)^[2]
Length	510 ft (160 m)^[2]
Beam	66 ft (20 m)^[2]
Draft	33 ft (10 m)^[2]
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)^[2]
Speed	>30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted^[2]
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) caliber guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS): RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A Standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters