USS Stethem (DDG-63) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. The ship was built in Pascagoula, Mississippi, starting on 11 May 1993. The ship was commissioned on 21 October 1995 and is based out of Yokosuka, Japan.

The US Navy recently received USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) from GD NASSCO while USNS Cesar Chavez will be delivered to the US Navy in the fourth quarter of 2012.

On 9 December 1999 a United States Marine Corps H-46 helicopter crashed into Pecos and sank while participating in a training mission.