The USS Gridley

Episode 109

CDR Marc Crawford

The USS Gridley

Conversations That Matter features Commander Marc Crawford of the USS Navy guided missile Destroyer the USS Gridley (DDG-101) when it was in town flying the flag, which is one of 24 different missions the warship can and is ordered to carry out. The USS Gridley is changing home port from San Diego, Ca. to Everett Washington, it is one of four destroyers that will up the amount of firepower in the Northwest substantially.

The USS Gridley is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer which Commander Crawford describes as, “509 feet, 9,200 tons of combat power” and life on board is challenging. Crawford points out, “ life on a US Navy ship is unusually arduous sea duty, with an emphasis on arduous.”

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