The Guided-Missile Destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG-84) returns to Naval Station Norfolk after completing a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operation.
USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Medal of Honor recipient Vice Admiral John D. Bulkeley. This ship is the 34th destroyer of its class. USS Bulkeley was the 15th ship of this class to be built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and construction began on 10 May 1999.
She was launched on 21 June 2000 and was christened on 24 June 2000. On 8 December 2001 she was commissioned during a pierside ceremony at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City, New York.
Credit : Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jordan R. Bair