USS Howard (DDG-83) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Medal of Honor recipient First Sergeant Jimmie E. Howard, USMC. Howard was the 19th ship of her class to be built by Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine, and construction began on 8

Howard is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication...

Feb 6, 2024 · The Navy removed the commanding officer of the Japan-based destroyer Howard on Tuesday – less than six months after relieving the previous skipper of the ship.

Feb 6, 2024 · The Navy "relieved the commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard, Cmdr. Cameron Dennis, Feb. 6, 2024, due to a loss of confidence in his...

USS HOWARD’s namesake is Marine Corps First Sergeant Jimmie E. Howard. Born and raised in Burlington, Iowa, Jimmie Howard enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1950 at the age of 21. He...

USS Howard has been the name of than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Howard (DD-179), a destroyer in commission from 1920 to 1922 and, as destroyer-minesweeper USS Howard (DMS-7), from 1940 to 1945; USS Howard (DDG-83), a guided-missile destroyer in commission since 2001; See also. USS Curtis W. Howard (DE-752)

Feb 7, 2025 · USS Howard (DDG 83), forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, as part of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, arrived at Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan on February 7, 2025, for a scheduled port visit. Howard, commanded by Cmdr. Eric Smitley, is an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer; it is approximately 155 meters in length, displacing approximately 8,900 tons ...

Aug 22, 2023 · USS Howard (DDG-83) conducts small boat operations off the Japanese coast on Jan. 24, 2023. US Navy Photo. A Japan-based guided-missile destroyer made a “soft-grounding,” near the Indonesian island of Bali ahead of a port visit on Aug. 10, USNI News has learned.

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Gunnery Sergeant Jimmie E. Howard, a Marine staff noncommissioned officer who led an eighteen-man reconnaissance patrol in a fierce battle against a battalion of Viet Cong in June 1966, was the sixth Marine to be awarded the Nation’s highest honor …