C004903

Round shaped coin, antique brass in color, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

SIDE 1 - A brass-colored disc with a sylized depiction of US Gridley destroyer centered, 'DDG 101" above, "11 FEBRUARY 2006" below and a wide border with the words, "BATH IRON WORKS" and "CHRISTENING" punctuated by a 5-pointed star, above, and the word, "GRIDLEY" with 5-pointed stars on either end below

SIDE 2 - The insignia of the USS Gridley on a white disc surrounded by a wide blue band with the word, "GRIDLEY" on the left, the phrase, "DDG 101" on the right, all surrounded by a narrow brass border.

Bath Iron Works Christening of the USS Gridley (DDG-101), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, on 11 February 2006

The fourth USS Gridley (DDG-101) is the fifty-first 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. She has joined the Pacific Fleet and is homeported at Naval Base San Diego. On August 22, 2014 the USS Gridley departed the naval base for a scheduled 10 month deployment and returned June 4, 2015, along with the USS Bunker Hill and its commanding ship the USS Carl Vinson.