Guided Missile Destroyer
DDG 101 - USS Gridley
Type, Class:		Guided Missile Destroyer; Arleigh Burke – class / Flight IIA; planned and built as DDG 101
Builder:		Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA
STATUS:		Awarded: March 6, 1998 Laid down: July 30, 2004 Launched: December 28, 2005 Commissioned: February 10, 2007 ACTIVE UNIT/ in commission (Pacific Fleet)
Homeport:		San Diego, California, USA
Namesake:		Named after and in honor of Captain Charles Vernon Gridley (1844 - 1898) > see history, below;
Ship's Motto:		IGNIS UBI PARATUS ‘fire when ready’
Technical Data: (Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)		see: INFO > Arleigh Burke - class Guided Missile Destroyer
LINK :		see also: USS Gridley (CG 21)
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Charles Vernon Gridley
Namesake & History:
Captain Charles Vernon Gridley (November 24, 1844 – June 5, 1898): Charles Vernon Gridley (24 November 1844 – 5 June 1898) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Gridley is directly descended from Thomas Gridley (1612–1653), who emigrated from England to the New England area in 1633. Gridley was born in Logansport, Indiana on 24 November 1844. Gridley was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1860. Reporting for duty with his class in September 1863, Gridley joined the sloop-of-war Oneida with the West Gulf Blockading Squadron and distinguished himself with David Farragut at the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864. Gridley was promoted to lieutenant in 1867. From 1871 to 1875, Gridley was stationed on the only United States Navy ship based on the Great Lakes at the time, the USS Michigan, at Erie, Pennsylvania. While stationed in Erie, he married the daughter of Judge John P. Vincent and had three children. Gridley's wife was also a cousin of the late Civil War Hero, Brigadier General Strong Vincent. Gridley was promoted to commander in 1882. He spent the next 30 years at various stations around the world, including a tour as instructor at the Naval Academy. Captain Gridley took command of USS Olympia, Admiral George Dewey's famous flagship on 27 April 1898. During the Battle of Manila Bay on 1 May 1898, Dewey gave his famous command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley," immortalizing the captain. After the destruction of the Spanish fleet and the capture of Manila, Gridley was obliged to leave his command because of his health, and died en route to the United States at Kobe, Japan.
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