Posted: 11/01/2010
ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 20, 2010) The Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Jason Dunham (DDG 109) conducts sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean. Jason Dunham successfully completed a combined builder's and acceptance "super trial" during four days at sea. The ship is in Ft. Lauderdale for her commissioning on Nov. 13. The ship is named after U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham, who was mortally wounded by insurgents in Iraq in April 2004 and posthumously received the Medal of Honor January 11, 2007. (Photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works)