High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Stethem (DDG-63) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. The ship was built in Pascagoula, Mississippi, starting on May 11, 1993. The ship was commissioned on October 21, 1995 and is based out of Yokosuka, Japan. It has operated throughout the Pacific Ocean, as well as on deployments to the Persian Gulf. Stethem remains on active duty, assigned to the Pacific Fleet, as of 2008.