The fourth USS Gridley (DDG 101) is the fifty-first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Gridley is named after Captain Charles V. Gridley, Commander of Admiral George Dewey's flagship Olympia, (Flag Captain) and recipient of Admiral Dewey's famous command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

February 10, 2007 USS Gridley, commanded by Cmdr. Steve Shinego, was commissioned in the Port of Miami-Dade on Florida.

March 21, USS Gridley arrived at her new homeport, Naval Base San Diego, after departing Miami, Fla.

December 10, The guided-missile destroyer is currently off the southern California coast, as part of USS Ronald Reagan CSG, conducting routine trainings in preparation fot the upcoming deployment next year.

March 17, 2008 USS Gridley departed San Diego for a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of southern California.

April 13, DDG 101 is currently participating in JTFEX with the Reagan Carrier Strike Group off the West coast.

May 19, USS Gridley departed homeport for a scheduled deployment, with USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) CSG, in the western Pacific.

June 22, Six ships and more than 7,000 Sailors of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 7, including the Gridley, departed Hong Kong after a four-day port visit.

July 28, The guided-missile destroyer arrived in Fukuoka, Japan, for a routine port call.

August 18, USS Gridley pulled to Port Kelang, Malaysia, for a scheduled port visit.

October 18, The Gridley, along with USS Chancellorsville and USS Thach, arrived in the Indian port city of Goa to kick off Exercise Malabar, a bilateral training event with the Indian Navy.

November 25, DDG 101 returned to San Diego after a maiden six-month deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

May 27, 2009 USS Gridley, commanded by Cmdr. Greg Gombert, departed home for a scheduled deployment, as part of the Reagan Carrier Strike Group.

June 25, The guided-missile destroyer anchored off the coast of Phuket, Thailand, for a goodwill port visit.

October 21, USS Gridley returned to Naval Base San Diego after a five-month underway period in the 5th and 7th Fleet Area of Operations.

June 18, 2010 DDG 101 pulled into Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, Calif., and will held an "open house" this weekend.

November 30, USS Gridley departed homeport for a scheduled deployment as part of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) CSG.

January 11, 2011 The Gridley pulled into Chinhae, ROK, for a scheduled port visit.

February 5, The guided-missile destroyer arrived in Tomakomai, Japan, for the first port visit by a U.S. Navy ship in 16 years.

March 23, USS Gridley, commanded by Cmdr. Benjamin Allbritton, anchored off the coast of Talisay City, Cebu, for a four-day visit to Republic of the Philippines.

April 29, The Gridley anchored off the coast of Phuket for a three-day visit to Thailand.

May 15, DDG 101 arrived in Manila, Republic of the Philippines, for a three-day port call.

May 22, The guided-missile destroyer arrived in Hong Kong for a four-day port visit.

June 7, The Gridley pulled into Pearl Harbor for a three-day port call.

July 3, DDG 101 recently pulled again into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to celebrate the Fourth of July after a week of testing and training.

July 22, USS Gridley returned to San Diego after an extended eight-month western Pacific deployment.

November 1, The Gridley recently arrived at Naval Surface Warfare Center in Port Hueneme, Calif., for technical repairs and testing. The ship is making preparation for a Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) assessment scheduled for March 2012.