USS John F. Lehman

USS John F. Lehman (DDG-137) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 87th overall for the class.[1] She will honor Philadelphia-born John Lehman, he was 65th United States Secretary of the Navy during 1981–1987, which was under the Ronald Reagan administration, where he pushed for the creation of a 600-ship Navy.[2]

History
United States
Name:	USS John F. Lehman
Namesake:	John Lehman
Awarded:	27 September 2018[1]
Builder:	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Status:	Authorized
General characteristics
Class and type:	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement:	9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length:	510 ft (160 m)
Draft:	33 ft (10 m)
Propulsion:	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Complement:	380 officers and enlisted
Armament:	1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mark 41 Vertical Launching System, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/62, 2 × 25 mm Mk 38, 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried:	2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
Aviation facilities:	Flight deck, Hangar bay

References

1. "John F. Lehman (DDG-137)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
2. "Secretary of the Navy Names Future DDG, SSN" (Press release). United States Navy. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

• 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.