High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Truxtun (DDG-103) is a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. Her keel was laid down on 11 April 2005 and she was launched on 17 April 2007. Her commissioning ceremony was held 25 April 2009 in Charleston, South Carolina with Commander Timothy Weber as her first commanding officer. She is named for American Naval hero Thomas Truxtun.