Destroyer Leaders

Military, Government, and Industry leaders who contributed to success of the DDG51 program.

Work in progress. Inputs, corrections, suggestions, appreciated.
_{Initial focus is construction through first deployment, but any input welcome.}

DRPM, AEGIS

RADM (Ret) Wayne E Meyer
RADM (Ret) Donald P. Roane
RADM (Ret) John F. Shaw
RADM (Ret) James B Green
RADM (Ret) John T. Hood
RADM (Ret) George Huchting – DRPM during OT

DRPM, AEGIS, Deputy

Mr. John Kuesters

Still need to document from DRPM AEGIS through PEO SC, PEO TSC, then division of responsibility to PEO (Ships) and PEO (IWS) in early 2000s.

PEO (SHIPS)

RADM (Ret) Bill Cobb
RADM (Ret) Charlie Hamilton
RDML (Ret) Charles H. Goddard
VADM (Ret) Bill Landay
VADM (Ret) David Lewis
RADM (Ret) David Gale
VADM Bill Galinis
RADM Tom Anderson (also DDG51 crew member) [ — May 2025]
Mr. Tom Rivers (acting while RADM Anderson COMNAVSEA acting)
RADM Brian Metcalf [May 2025 –

PEO (IWS)

RADM (Ret) CcmT Bush
RADM (Ret) Mike Frick
VADM (Ret) Terry Benedict
VADM (Ret) Jim Syring
RADM (Ret) Joe Horn
VADM (Ret) Jon Hill
RADM Doug Small
VADM Seiko Okano
RADM Tom Dickinson [July 2024 — ]

SEA 93x – original design Team

predecessor to PMS 400D

CAPT (Ret) Dick Slye – PM
RADM (Ret) Jack Shaw – PM
Ben Slomenski – Deputy
Randy Fortune – Deputy
Corky Graham – Naval Architect
Allen Knobler – Contracts

PMS 400D

RADM (Ret) John F. Shaw
CAPT (Ret) Brian Perkinson – PM for DDG51 delivery
CAPT (Ret) Tom Bowler
CAPT (Ret) Rick Ruble
CAPT (Ret) Fred Parker
VADM (Ret) Dave Lewis
CAPT (Ret) John Ingram
CAPT (Ret) Pete Lyle
CAPT (Ret) Mark Vandroff – PM for production restart award, Plankowner
RDML Casey Morton
CAPT Seth Miller – ___ to May 2025
Captain Jay Young – May 2025 to

PMS 400D1

Randy Fortune
Brian Rochon
Lisa Rondoca
Amber Huffman
Louis Detrisac

Other 400D

Jerry O’Shaughnessy – DDG 51 Ship Systems Tech Director for 400D

Steve Jacunski, Brian Bowers, Dave Brooks, Rich Close, James Langbien – Code 400 ACOs for Arleigh Burke

NAVSEA

CAPT (Ret) Jim Baskerville – Ship Design Manager
Andy Summers – Deputy Ship Design Manager / Design Integration Manager
CAPT (Ret) Denny Mahoney – HM&E Design
CAPT (Ret) MIke Cassiday – Combat System Design Manager

CDR Fred Wyse – DDG 51 MCS Tech Authority

Hank Kuzma – Damage Control

Contract Design Report lists many of the design team.

PMS 400B

RADM (Ret) George Meinig
RADM (Ret) J. T. Hood
CAPT (Ret) James Polk
CAPT (Ret) Mike Cassiday – at delivery
RADM (Ret) Kate Paige
CAPT (Ret) Dan Meyer
CAPT (Ret) John Geary
CAPT (Ret) James K “Fuzz” Foley
_{subsequently reconstituted as PEO IWS – 1.0}

Larry Rogers – 400B Combat Systems Engineer, AEGIS Power Committee

PMS 400F

Another gap in history is 400F leaders, some random detects below

RADM Dave Sargent (at sailaway)
CAPT William Cobb
CAPT William Landay
CAPT James McManamon
CAPT Robin Russell
CAPT Zoebel (2019)

Supervisor of Shipbuilding

CAPT William Rehder – September 1985 – June 1989
CAPT Paul Robinson – June 1989 – July 1992 – Supervisor at Delivery
CAPT Donald MacKenzie – July 1992 – August 1995
CAPT Ralph Staples – August 1995 – July 1998
CAPT Richard Hepburn – July 1998 – July 2001
CAPT John Ingram – July 2001 – August 2004
CAPT Michael Stanton – August 2004 – February 2006
CAPT Dean Krestos – April 2006 – July 2011
CAPT Robert Crowe – July 2011 – September 2014
CAPT Michael Taylor – September 2014 – May 2017
CAPT Joseph Tuite – May 2017 – March 2022
CAPT David Hart – March 2022 –

400 D Program Manager Rep – Bath

again, some big holes in this area

CAPT Ralph Staples – early construction
CAPT John Ingram

Honorable Sean Stackley, CAPT USN Ret -Production Officer at delivery

Jim Bridge

BIW

Bill Haggett – CEO at delivery
Duane “Buzz” Fitzgerald – President at delivery
Dugan Shipway – BIW President

Steve Adams – Engineering – Lead Yard Services Contract
Dave Albert – Ship Superintendent
Jerry Cashman – Engineering
Harry Crutchfield – Lead Fleet Service Engineer
Paul Cullen – fleet service engineer, BIW
Art Dresser – Engineering support, operating crew
Abbott Fletcher – Schedule & Metrics (see The Fletcher Factor)
Charlie Goulette – Operating crew
Ed Groner – DMS Engineer
Lance Lemieux – Fleet Engineer
Bill Lowell – Operating Engineer
John Mason – DDG Program Manager
Ron Merrill – Fleet Services Engineering
Bill Michaud – Operating crew
Allie Milligan – fleet service engineer
Nick Nichols – PMO
Walt Odgen – Fleet Engineer
Al Perry – fleet service engineer
Ed Walsh – Director Fleet Services Engineering
Ray Weber – Fleet Services Engineering, Warranty / Guarantee Engineer, & unofficial Assistant Chief Engineer

RCA / GE / Lockheed Martin

Need help here pls!

Allison

Kris Krohne – Vice President
Tom (orangina) Hanson – on site technician

Waterfront

Mike Phillips – Port Engineer

COTF

RADM Virgil Hill – COTF Director for DT/OT
CAPT Vaughn Mahaffrey – OT Director