DDG51 – Page 3 – USS Arleigh Burke Association

Shipmate in the News

Mark Vandroff, CEO Fincantieri Marinette Marine, hosting Constellation Keel Authentication Ceremony, (Precomm Auxo)

It’s good to be here – at the keel laying for the future USS Constellation #FFG62 – with Congress, industry, the Navy and everybody here working together to drive towards one purpose – to deliver the Navy the Nation needs. pic.twitter.com/11SpYeJgqf
— USNavyCNO (@USNavyCNO) April 12, 2024

This is a special day as we lay the keel for the future USS Constellation #FFG62. Our frigates are a critical next step in modernizing our surface ship inventory & increasing the number of available platforms in service for our Fleethttps://t.co/nzhSvahPd7
— Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro (@SECNAV) April 12, 2024

Admiral Gravesite Visit

The Association will be placing flowers at the Admiral & Bobbie’s grave on April 28, 2024 at 1100 in section 8 of the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland.

After the Flower Laying Ceremony at the Admiral’s Gravesite, attendees are welcome to join up for lunch at a local Annapolis restaurant.

If you plan to attend, please reply to the Association Secretary e-mail invitation or Contact Us.

Rough Seas

The history project is providing some new (old) artifacts. From Andy Summer’s files – rough seas transiting Atlantic on first deployment, March 1993, pictures from USS Theodore Rosevelt (CVN 71).

Shipmates in the news

RDML Tom Moninger assigned to command Carrier Strike Group 12
(former CO)

CDR Eric Smitley takes command of USS Howard (DDG 83)
(former DCA)

Feb 2024 Destroyerman

The February issue of The Destroyerman is now available.

Highlights include:

Arleigh Burke Featured on CBS News

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/a-first-hand-look-inside-a-u-s-navy-destroyer-stationed-in-the-mediterranean/

Thanks to Shannon Peterson, Andy Paul, and Tom Halvorson for referring this link.

Oral History Project

One of the Association’s objectives is to preserve the legacy of the Admiral and his ship.

We are starting a new effort for this preservation – oral histories of those that contributed to the success of Arleigh Burke.

Initial focus is the Arleigh Burke to Sea period, including design, construction, precomm, commissioning, DT-OT, PSA, deployment preparations, and first deployment. Time is of the essence as we are starting to lose the heroes that made Arleigh Burke to Sea a reality.

Note – this started with the title “Oral History” – but we are now using the more general title “History Project” – recognizing that submissions are also coming in as written answers to our questions and in the form of documents we are capturing to archive.

Arleigh Burke Commences Fourth FDNF-E Patrol

Arleigh Burke commenced the fourth FDNF-E patrol on November 22, 2023.

USS Arleigh Burke special label release of Critical Batch Texas Bourbon Whiskey

The master distiller at Chapline Distillery, a top-shelf Texas nano-distillery, has set aside an upcoming barrel of their Critical Batch Single Barrel Texas Bourbon Whiskey for a USS Arleigh Burke special label release. Prior releases have celebrated the USS Texas and several US submarines.

New Association Secretary

Welcome to our new secretary, Corey Keniston. Corey was a prior CO of Arleigh Burke. Read more about him here.

Our thanks to Mark Fortune for his 10+ years service as association secretary.