USS George M. Neal
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Name | George M. Neal |
Namesake | George M. Neal |
Awarded | 27 September 2018[1] |
Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries |
Identification | Hull number: DDG-131 |
Status | Under construction[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | 9,217 tons (full load)[3] |
Length | 510 ft (160 m)[3] |
Beam | 66 ft (20 m)[3] |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[3] |
Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[3] |
Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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Armor | Kevlar-type armor with steel hull. Numerous passive survivability measures. |
Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
Aviation facilities | Double hangar and helipad |
USS George M. Neal (DDG-131) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 81st overall for the class.[1] She will be named in honor of Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class George M. Neal, a Korean War veteran and prisoner of war, who was a recipient of the Navy Cross.[4] George M. Neal will be the sixth ship of the Flight III series.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "George M. Neal (DDG 131)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "GEORGE M NEAL (DDG 131)". Naval Vessel Register. Naval Sea Systems Command, Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. FAS.org. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "SECNAV Names Destroyer in Honor of US Navy, Korean War Veteran" (Press release). United States Navy. 26 March 2019. NNS190326-09. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.