USS Stout (DDG-55) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer. Built for the United States Navy by Ingalls Shipbuilding, she was commissioned on 13 August 1994 and she is currently home-ported in Naval Station Norfolk. She is part of Destroyer Squadron 28. Stout is named for Rear Admiral Herald F. Stout, who distinguished himself as the commanding officer of the destroyer USS Claxton during World War II. In November 1943, Commander Stout received two Navy Crosses in the span of three weeks for his actions in the Pacific. Stout aided Destroyer Squadron 23 in sinking five heavily armed Japanese warships and damaging four others during the Solomon Islands campaign as well as sinking four more Japanese warships and damaging two others to establish a beachhead on Bougainville Island. Stout was ordered on 13 December 1988, the keel was laid down on 8 August 1991, she was launched on 16 October 1992 and commissioned on 13 August 1994. As of January 2024 the ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 28 based out of Naval Station Norfolk.
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U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 1st Class Krystal Meza, left, serves cake to Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Danielle Overstreet during a celebration recognizing Hispanic heritage month aboard the guided missile destroyer 131012-N-UD469-703
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U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate Seaman Recruit Natia Repine steers the ship while standing helmsman watch on the bridge of the guided missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) in the Mediterranean Sea Jan. 15, 2014 140115-N-UD469-331
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