- Ship history
- Unit awards
- Deployments
- References
- External links
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=United States | Ship flag={{USN flag}} | Ship name=USS Stockdale | Ship namesake= James B. Stockdale[1] | Ship awarded=13 September 2002[2] | Ship builder=Bath Iron Works[2] | Ship laid down=10 August 2006[2] | Ship launched=24 February 2008[2] | Ship acquired=30 September 2008[2] | Ship sponsor=Sybil Stockdale | Ship christened=10 May 2008 | Ship commissioned= 18 April 2009[7] | Ship decommissioned= | Ship homeport=Naval Base San Diego | 368771000}} | Ship struck= | Ship honors= | Ship fate= | Ship status={{Ship in active service}} | Ship motto="Return With Honor" | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Arleigh Burke|destroyer}} | Ship displacement=9,200 tons[2] | 509|ft|6|in|abbr=on}}[2] | 66|ft|abbr=on}}[2] | 22|ft|abbr=on}}[2] | 100000|shp|MW|abbr=on}} | 30|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} | Ship complement=380 officers and enlisted[2] | 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 gun
- 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 guns
- 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns
- 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
- 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
| Ship aircraft=2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters | Ship notes=
}} | USS Stockdale (DDG-106) is an {{sclass-|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|0}} guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. The third U.S. Navy ship of that name, Stockdale is named after Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale (1923–2005) and is the 56th destroyer in her class. She was authorized on 13 September 2002 and was built by Bath Iron Works. Stockdale was christened 10 May 2008 by Admiral Stockdale's widow, Sybil, and delivered to the Navy on 30 September 2008. She transited the Panama Canal in March 2009; Admiral Stockdale's youngest son and grandchildren joined the ship for the trip.[3] USS Stockdale was commissioned on 18 April 2009 at Port Hueneme.[4]Ship historyFrom November 2010 to July 2011, Stockdale performed an eight-month deployment in the United States Seventh Fleet Area of Responsibility. She made ports of call at Guam, Sepangar, Malaysia; Sihanoukville, Cambodia; Laem Chabang, Thailand; Singapore, and Chinhae, South Korea. In July 2012, Stockdale participated in the naval exercise RIMPAC 2012. This included maneuvers in the Kaulakahi Channel (between Kauai and Niihau Islands, Hawaii) near the PMRF. Unit awards2015 Battle "E" Deployments- 30 November 2010 – 22 July 2011 Maiden deployment
- 24 January 2013 – 8 November 2013 WESTPAC
- 20 January 2016 – 29 August 2016
7th Fleet Deployment, part of the "Great Green Fleet" References1. ^{{cite web |title=New Destroyer Honors Vietnam War POW and Medal of Honor Recipient |publisher=U.S. Department of Defense |date=12 January 2006 |url=http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=9230 |access-date=16 March 2009}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite web |title=USS Stockdale |work=Naval Vessel Register |publisher= NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office (NAVSHIPSO) |url={{NVR url|id=DDG106}} |accessdate=16 March 2009}}
3. ^{{cite web|title= Stockdale Hosts Namesake Family for Historic Canal Transit|publisher=Navy News Service|date=14 March 2009|accessdate=16 March 2009|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43450}}
4. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/18/bn18ship141632/?military&zIndex=84729 |title= Navy commissions destroyer honoring Coronado's Stockdale |date= 18 April 2009 |author=Matthew T. Hall |work=San Diego Union-Tribune |accessdate=18 April 2009}}
External links{{Commons category|USS Stockdale (DDG-106)}}- navsource.org: USS Stockdale
- Stockdale Official Homepage
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