Guest: Commander Marc Crawford, U.S. Navy
The USS Navy guided missile Destroyer the USS Gridley (DDG-101) was in Vancouver recently, and we were there.
It 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, California, to Everett, Washington, it is one of four destroyers that will up the amount of firepower in the Northwest substantially.
Commander Marc Crawford of the US Navy spoke with us about the capabilities of the vessel, which is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that he describes as "509 feet, 9,200 tons of combat power."
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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