DDG-71
USS ''Ross'' (DDG-71) is an '' Arleigh Burke-class'' ( Flight I) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy and is the last of the Flight I variant. She is the second Navy ship to be named ''Ross'', the first Navy ship named for Medal of Honor recipient Donald K. Ross. The first ''Ross'', , was named for David Ross, a captain in the Continental Navy. Construction ''Ross'' was the 10th ship of her class to be built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was laid down on 10 April 1995; launched on 22 March 1996; sponsored by Mrs. Helen L. Ross, widow of the late Captain Ross; and commissioned on 28 June 1997, at Galveston, Texas, Commander Jeffrey R. Ginnow in command. Service history After commissioning, ''Ross'' set sail for a Combat Systems Ship Qualification Trial, which lasted six weeks, and then sailed back to Pascagoula for three months for her Post Shakedown Availability (PSA). She was then returned to her homeport of Portsmouth, Virgini ...
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