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Welcome to the destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) official website.
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The USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) is the U.S. Navy's 16th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The ship was named for Marine Sgt. Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez, a Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War. The keel was laid down on Feb. 3, 1994, at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and christened on Feb. 18, 1995. Mrs. Dolia Gonzalez served as sponsor of the ship.

 
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