Story by Kyler Hood | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 08.31.2025
Access to Ford Island and other areas on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman are usually off limits to the general public, but from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, Hawaii residents had an opportunity to visit the base to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The open base event included ceremonies and activities on Ford Island, at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum and on the Battleship......
Story by Lt.j.g. Daniel Ehrlich | USS DECATUR | 12.07.2022
USS Decatur (DDG 73) conducted a Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on December 7, 2022. A piece of the USS Arizona from December 7, 1941 was bestowed to the command during the ceremony. Decatur is operating as part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet....
Courtesy Story | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 04.30.2020
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) held a change of command ceremony Apr. 30. Due to the ship being in maintenance, the ceremony was held on the ship’s berthing barge rooftop. Cmdr. Jeremiah D. Jackson turned over the role of commanding officer to Cmdr. Derek A. Rader....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Millar | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 04.06.2020
Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSP) named the 2019 Shore and Sea Sailors of the Year, April 6. Navy Career Counselor 1st Class Brenda V. Lemas, assigned to Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron (COMLCSRON) 1, was named Shore Sailor of the Year and Yeoman 1st Class Vinish Nair assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) was named Sea Sailor of......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Natalie Byers | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 04.01.2019
SAN DIEGO (NNS)– Guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) returned to San Diego April 1, following a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet and 5th Fleet area of operations....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Bryan Blair | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 11.22.2018
Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) celebrated a traditional Thanksgiving meal underway, November 22....
Story by NAVCENT Public Affairs | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 10.21.2018
Underway, over the horizon, and in U.S. 5th Fleet, USS Decatur (DDG 73) continues to incorporate Sailor 360 trainings into the ship’s battle rhythm....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Marcus Stanley | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 11.14.2016
By Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs SAN DIEGO - Guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance (DDG 111) and USS Decatur (DDG 73) returned to San Diego, Nov. 14, following the seven-month Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) deployment in the Western Pacific....
