Arleigh Burke Flight IIA class - DDG - Guided-Missile Destroyer IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: Shipyard: Bath Iron Works See Also: DDG Charles F. Adams class DDG-10 Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedPort VisitDeploymentHomeport History of USS Sampson DDG-102 2002-sep-13OrderedOrdered 2005-mar-20Laid downLaid down 2006-sep-16LaunchedLaunched 2007-nov-03CommissionedCommissioned Boston, Massachusetts 2010-jun-09DeploymentDeployment Royal Roads Fleet Review: 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy Attended 100th Anniversary of Canadian Navy Fleet Review at Esquimalt, Jun 2010 2014HomeportHomeport San Diego 2014-dec-30NEWS USS Sampson Contributes to AirAsia Search Efforts 2016-nov-14DeploymentDeployment off Kaikoura Kaikoura Earthquake relief operations diverted from Auckland to assist in earthquake relief off Kaikoura. At least MH-60R 166534 / 701 embarked. 2016-nov-20Port VisitPort Visit Wellington Harbour visited Wellington, en route Auckland 2016-nov-21NEWS Canadians Ends Relief Operation in New Zealand 2022-feb-02NEWSNukuʻalofa USS Sampson Disaster Relief Efforts in Tonga Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Arleigh Burke Flight IIA class 270crew 155.30length (m) 20.40beam (m) 6.30draught (m) Aircraft Typical Max US Navy Sikorsky S-70 H-60 22 Builder Bath Iron Works,