USS Stockdale (DDG-106)

USS Stockdale (DDG-106) Name
Career (USA)
Name: USS Stockdale
Namesake: Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale[1]
Awarded: 13 September 2002[2]
Builder: Bath Iron Works[2]
Laid down: 10 August 2006[2]
Launched: 24 February 2008[2]
Sponsored by: Sybil Stockdale
Christened: 10 May 2008
Acquired: 30 September 2008[2]
Commissioned: Scheduled for 18 April 2009[3]
Motto: Return With Honor
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement: 9,200 tons[2]
Length: 509 ft 6 in (155.3 m)[2]
Beam: 66 ft (20 m)[2]
Draft: 22 ft (6.7 m)[2]
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed: 30 kn (56 km/h)
Complement: 380 officers and enlisted[2]
Armament: 1 x 32 cell, 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 x RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles, 1 x 5/62 in (127/62 mm), 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
For other ships of the same name, see USS Stockdale.
The third USS Stockdale (DDG-106) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. Stockdale is named after Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale and is the 56th destroyer in her class. She was authorized on 13 September 2002 and was built by Bath Iron Works. She was christened 10 May 2008 by Admiral Stockdale's wife, Sybil and delivered to the Navy on 30 September 2008. Stockdale is scheduled for commissioning on 18 April 2009.
Commander Frederick W. Kacher will be the first Commanding Officer of Stockdale. Commander Kacher was selected as the 2005 winner of the Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Award for Visionary Leadership.