USS STERETT(DDG 104), the 29th Bath-built Arleigh Burke Class AEGIS Destroyer and the 54th ship of the class,will be christened May 19,2007. The event will be conducted on the Land Level Transfer Facility and following bottle break, Sterett will begin translation into the adjacent drydock for overnight undocking.
DDG 102 is the fourth Navy destroyer to
be named for Andrew Sterett who achieved fame during the time ofthe birth of the US
Navy.
There is a large and active Sterett Association,comprised of Navy veterans who served on previous Sterett ships. About 100 Association members are holding their
annual reunion in Portland the weekend of the christening and will attend the christening as a group on May 19.
