- Etymology
- History
- In popular culture
- References
- External links
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Arleigh Burke|destroyer}} | Ship displacement =*6,600 tons light,- 9,200 tons full,
- 2,600 tons dead
| Ship length =*509 ft 6 in (155.3 m) overall,- 471 ft (143.6 m) waterline
| Ship beam =* 66 ft (20.1 m) extreme, | Ship draft =* 31 ft (9.4 m) maximum, | Ship propulsion = 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) | Ship speed = 30+ knots (55+ km/h) designed | Ship range = | Ship complement = 32 officers, 348 enlisted | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament =*1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles- 1 × {{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on}}/62, 2 × 25 mm Mk 38, 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns
- 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
- 1 × 20mm Phalanx CIWS
| Ship aircraft = 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters | Ship notes =
}} | USS Sterett (DDG-104) is a Flight IIA {{sclass-|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|0}} guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. EtymologyUSS Sterett is the fourth ship of the U.S. Navy to be named after Andrew Sterett, a U.S. naval officer who fought in the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars. HistoryThe contract to build USS Sterett was awarded to Bath Iron Works Corporation in Bath, Maine on 13 September 2002. On 17 November 2005, her keel was laid down, and she was christened on 19 May 2007. The ship's sponsor was Michelle Sterett Bernson, a familial descendant of Andrew Sterett, who himself had no children. The vessel's commissioning took place in Baltimore, Maryland, Andrew Sterett's birthplace, on 9 August 2008. The ship's home port is Naval Base San Diego.[1] The ship was attacked without warning by Somali pirates using rocket-propelled grenades on 22 February 2011, during negotiations with the pirates for the release of four U.S. hostages, who were eventually killed.[2] In popular culture- USS Sterett served as one of the filming locations for the TNT's television series The Last Ship and its fictional setting, USS Nathan James (DDG-151).
References 1. ^Lhee, Euna, "USS Sterett Unveiled, Set To Sail{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", Baltimore Sun, 10 August 2008.
2. ^https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/22/us-somalia-pirates-usa-idUSTRE71L3JP20110222
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External links{{Commons category|USS Sterett (DDG-104)}}- USS Sterett Association
- Official Ship's Site
- navsource.org: USS Sterett
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