Forward Deployed — Operationally Relevant — Capable

  • 240529-N-GA645-1005 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (May 29, 2024) Sailors man the rail as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) returns to Naval Station Rota, May 29, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Courtney Pollock)
  • SM-3 Operational Use Coin
  • Admiral Burke on Trial A
  • Christening – Bobbie Burke & Wilma Miles
  • Suez Canal – May 2023
  • North Sea Unrep – May 2023
  • Vertrep – Jan 2024 – Med Sea
  • 2024 MWR T-shirt design
  • USPS – Distinguished Sailors – First Day Cover
  • BIW Sea Trials Capt Earl Walker & Capt Morgan
  • 2022 – Nice – visit by RADM P. A. Dur, the ship’s first Battle Group Commander.
  • May 2022
  • 2009 Deployment
  • Departing Faslane – Sep 2022
  • Precomm Buttons

Upcoming Events:

Tin Can Sailors 42nd Coffee & Donuts Gathering
– Tin Can Sailors, 1077 County St., Somerset, MA 02726
– Thursday, November 6th at 9:00 AM
– CDR Hugh Doyle (USN Ret) will talk about the Hingham Massachusetts shipyard in WWII.  “It built 227 ships, including 92 Destroyer Escorts, in just 3 1/2 years.”
– RSVP at 508-677-0515 or  tcs@tincans.org

Association on Social Media

We now have a social presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Links are on the top of each page. Followers, retweets, shares, and likes are appreciated.

Website Update

The Association website has been transitioned to WordPress, which provides a more modern layout, flexibility, and easier maintenance.

We are slowly working on scanning historical content, so check back often to see some new (old) stories and pictures.

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