Arleigh Burke Flight I class - DDG - Guided-Missile Destroyer IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NSTE Shipyard: Ingalls Shipbuilding Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDeploymentHomeport History of USS Stethem DDG-63 1990-feb-22OrderedOrdered 1993-may-11Laid downLaid down 1994-jun-17LaunchedLaunched 1995-oct-21CommissionedCommissioned 2005-junHomeportHomeport Yokosuka Naval Base Forward deployed to 7th Fleet area of operations, in Japan, initially to be part of the USS Kitty Hawk Strike Group. 2011-marDeploymentDeployment Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Operation Tomodachi - Tohoku Earthquake Relief Contributed to Earthquake and Tsunami relief operations off Japanese east coast. 2014-dec-21NEWSCamp Zama Army Helicopters train with USS Stethem (DDG-63) 2019-jun-30HomeportHomeport Naval Base San Diego Homeport and refit Arrived in San Diego after 14 years based at Yokosuka, for mid-life refit. Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event