18 November 2021 Namesake’s Grandson Visits USS Winston S. Churchill After attending the Nov. 10 USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) change of command ceremony at Naval Station Mayport, the Honorable Rupert Soames, OBE, toured the ship at BAE shipyard in nearby Jacksonville, Fla. The ceremony’s guest speaker, Soames is the destroyer’s sponsor and grandson of the...
10 November 2021 USS Winston S. Churchill Holds Change of Command Cmdr. Brian Anthony relieved Cmdr. Timothy Shanley as commanding officer of USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) during a Nov. 10 change of command ceremony at Naval Station Mayport. Following the ship’s 2019 maintenance availability and a rigorous Basic Phase, Shanley assumed command in May...
25 August 2021 Winston S. Churchill Enters Rare Dry Dock Period For the first time in 10 years, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) entered a dry dock for a Mayport maintenance period Aug. 20. The depot modernization period (DMP), began Aug. 9 with the ship being dry-docked. This will allow for combat systems, lethality, and engineering enhancements to take place...
24 June 2021 Vice Adm. Kitchener Visits Naval Station Norfolk, Addresses Commanding Officers Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Forces and Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, spoke to an auditorium full of commanding officers and executive officers from Hampton Roads-area ships during a command call at Naval Station Norfolk, June 23. Kitchener, whose first...
09 June 2021 USS WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: THE NAVY’S MOST COMBAT READY SHIP (NORFOLK, Va. June 9, 2021) -- As selected by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), the crew of USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) was presented the USS Arizona Memorial Trophy June 9, during a ceremony aboard the ship at Naval Station Norfolk.Consistent with the accomplishments of USS Arizona (BB...
16 March 2021 Winston S. Churchill Leads the Charge, Creates New Patch Celebrating Bridge Experience More than half way through a deployment to the 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO), the USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) crew has traveled 50,000 miles and gained a significant amount of underway experience...