USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), named for Lieutenant William Charles Fitzgerald, USN (1938–1967) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was laid down by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine 9 February 1993; launched 29 January 1994; and commissioned 14 October 1995 in Newport, R.I. She was then homeported in Naval Station San Diego, CA.

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  • July 2001 to Sep. 2002.

  • She made the greatest impact in my career. Served aboard her for 2 years prior to it becoming coed. I recalled thinking within the first few weeks aboard her "wow these crew must have been hand picked" the best Chief Mess under CMDCM knipple
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