USS Ted Stevens
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Name | Ted Stevens |
Namesake | Ted Stevens |
Awarded | 27 September 2018[2] |
Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries |
Laid down | 9 March 2022[3] |
Launched | 15 August 2023[1] |
Sponsored by |
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Christened | 19 August 2023[5] |
Identification | Hull number: DDG-128 |
Motto | Lead with Courage[4] |
Status | Fitting out |
Badge | ![]() |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | 9,217 tons (full load)[6] |
Length | 510 ft (160 m)[6] |
Beam | 66 ft (20 m)[6] |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[6] |
Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[6] |
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 Ted Stevens (DDG-128) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 78th overall for the class.[2] She will be named in honor of Ted Stevens who served as a U.S. Senator for Alaska for over 40 years. He was also a staunch supporter of both the Navy and the Marine Corps. Ted Stevens will be the third ship of the Flight III of the class.[7][8]
Construction
[edit]The keel of Ted Stevens was laid in a ceremony at the Ingalls shipyards on 9 March 2022.[3] She was launched on 15 August 2023[1] and christened four days later on the 19th.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding Launches Guided Missile Destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128)" (Press release). HII. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Ted Stevens (DDG 128)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Keel Authenticated for Future USS Ted Stevens" (Press release). United States Navy. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) | Coat of Arms". The Institute of Heraldry. United States Army. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ a b "HII Christens Guided Missile Destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128)" (Press release). HII. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "SECNAV Names New Destroyer in Honor of US Senator from Alaska" (Press release). United States Navy. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "New Navy destroyer named to honor former Sen. Ted Stevens". United Press International. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 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.