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U.S.S. Jason Dunham, DDG-109
2007-03-20
R News

A Navy Destroyer will bear the name of the Allegany County Marine killed in Iraq two years ago.

The Navy's newest Guided Missile Destroyer, DDG-109 will be named the USS JASON DUNHAM.

Dunham is the Marine Corporal from Scio who died battling insurgents in Iraq in April, 2004. Dunham dove on a grenade and saved the lives of other Marines.

Dunham became the first Marine in the Iraq War to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.

His parents, sister and brother received the medal in his honor from President Bush in January.

Secretary of the Navy Donald Winters will take part in a naming ceremony for the Destroyer Friday in Scio.


This is all I can find as of this moment. The Dunham will be an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, one of the deadliest warships afloat.
Posted by:Chuck Simmins

#5  I can only hope its first deployment is in the Persian Gulf.
Permit me to wonder aloud for a moment: is it still permissible to refer to a ship as a 'she' when it bears a masculine name? I am just a poor airdale sailor and not one of those honorable Blackshoe types so I need a bit of guidance in mattters such as this.
Posted by: USN, ret.   2007-03-20 23:09  

#4  Bless the U.S.S. Jason Dunham.
Posted by: newc   2007-03-20 22:38  

#3  Too bad they didn't rename the sub Jimmuh Peanut after him.

I'm more worthy of having a fighting ship named after me than that traitor loser is, and I don't deserve it at all.

Cpl. Dunham deserves this honor and more.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-03-20 22:04  

#2  Good name for a ship like that.
Posted by: Mike   2007-03-20 20:41  

#1  Newsday has it, too.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2007-03-20 19:44  

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