USS Jason Dunham

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File:150828-N-UY653-154 USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) returns to Norfolk homeport.jpg
USS Jason Dunham in August 2015
History
File:Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameJason Dunham
NamesakeJason Dunham[1]
Awarded13 September 2002[2]
BuilderBath Iron Works[2]
Laid down11 April 2008[2]
Launched1 August 2009[1]
Sponsored byDebra Dunham[3]
Commissioned13 November 2010[3]
HomeportMayport[4]
Identification
Motto
Statusin active service
BadgeFile:USS Jason Dunham COA.png
General characteristics
Class & typeArleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement9,200 long tons (9,300 t)[2]
Length510 ft (160 m)[2]
Beam66 ft (20 m)[2]
Draft33 ft (10 m)[2]
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)[2]
Speed>30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement380 officers and enlisted[2]
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × 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]

Ship's history

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In May 2022, Jason Dunham was homeported out of Naval Station Mayport and a part of Destroyer Squadron 28, along with Carrier Strike Group 8 led by the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.[6]

In August 2025, Jason Dunham sailed for Venezuela and the Caribbean Sea. The destroyer was among the warships ordered to the area to combat drug smuggling traffic. On 4 September, in response to the presence of U.S. Navy warships in the region, two Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets conducted a flyover of Jason Dunham,[7] after which Trump gave permission to shoot down Venezuelan planes if they presented a danger to U.S. ships.[8]

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  • Official website
  • Photo gallery of USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) at NavSource Naval History
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