The Navy took delivery of its 57th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the Dewey, Aug. 17. The 9,500-ton ship built by Northrop Grumman in Pascagoula, Miss., completed its combined super trial in June in the Gulf of Mexico. The Dewey, hull number DDG 105, is named for Adm. George Dewey, the Navy hero of the Battle of Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War. The Dewey’s commissioning is scheduled for December. (Source: Navy Times, 08/24/09)
