USS Truxtun (DDG-103)

USS Truxtun (DDG-103) is a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. Her keel was laid down on 11 April 2005 and she was launched on 17 April 2007. Her commissioning ceremony was held 25 April 2009 in Charleston, South Carolina with Commander Timothy Weber as her first commanding officer. She is named for American Naval hero Thomas Truxtun.

DDG-103 suffered a major electrical fire during construction at NGSS Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi 20 May 2006 engulfing two levels and causing damage believed to be in the millions of dollars. She was christened on 2 June 2007 at NGSS Ingalls in Pascagoula Mississippi and was sponsored by Susan Scott Martin and Carol Leigh Roelker, descendants of Thomas Truxtun.


Of note, 17 February was the 255th anniversary of Thomas Truxtun's birth.