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USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) is sixteenth Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Sergeant Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez , a Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War .
[5] [6] USS Gonzalez first noticed the common pirate profile of a diesel boat towing smaller skiffs and, with USS Cape St. George closing from 40 miles (64 km) away, trailed the suspects until dawn. [7] Shortly before sunrise, the two American ships each sent a pair of rigid inflatable boats with specially trained boarding teams to investigate. [7]
Dolia Gonzalez accepts a painting of her son from Commander Brian Fort during a change of command ceremony for the USS Gonzalez in 2009. The United States Navy guided missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG-66), commissioned in 1996, is named in his honor. His mother, Dolia, has an uncommonly close relationship with the ship and its crew.
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number.It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN. CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were approved as destroyers (DDG-47 and DDG-48) and redesignated cruisers before being laid down; it is uncertain whether CG-49 Vincennes and CG-50 Valley Forge were ever authorized as destroyers ...
USS Porter, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, sank the skiffs used by the pirates, but they still controlled the tanker. US and German naval vessels shadowed the captured vessel and blockaded the port of Bosaso, where the captured tanker was taken. Eventually, after demanding a ransom, the pirates freed the ship and its crew of 21 on December 12.
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
A third destroyer, the USS Laboon, is in port at Souda Bay, a decades-old forward-operating station on the Greek island of Crete. Laboon spent months deployed off the coast of Yemen as part of the ...
Destroyer Squadron 28 is a squadron of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. As of January 2024 it was composed of the following ships: [3] USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) USS Cole (DDG-67) USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98) USS Gravely (DDG-107) USS Ramage and USS Ross in 2004