USS Gridley (DDG-101) [SEP] vessel class
USS Gridley (DDG-101)
The fourth USS "Gridley" (DDG-101) is the 51st "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyer in the United States Navy. "Gridley" is named after Captain Charles Gridley, Commander of Admiral George Dewey's flagship "Olympia", (Flag Captain) and recipient of Admiral Dewey's famous command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.
In May 2004, the Secretary of the Navy announced the names of
" (DDG-97)
- USS "Forrest Sherman" (DDG-98)
- USS "Farragut" (DDG-99)
- USS "Kidd" (DDG-100)
- USS "Gridley" (DDG-101)
- USS "Sampson" (DDG-102)
- USS "Truxtun" (DDG-103)
- USS "Sterett" (DDG-104)
- USS "Dewey" (DDG-105)
- USS "Stockdale" (DDG-106)
- USS "Gravely" (DDG-107)
- USS "Wayne