USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128)

USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 78th overall for the class.[1] She will be named in honor of Ted Stevens, a U.S. Senator from Alaska who served the Senate for over 40 years and was a staunch supporter of both the Navy and the Marine Corps. Ted Stevens will be the third ship of the Flight III series.[2]

Graphical depiction of USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128)
History
United States
Name:	USS Ted Stevens
Namesake:	Ted Stevens
Awarded:	27 September 2018[1]
Builder:	Huntington Ingalls Industries
Status:	Under construction
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. "Ted Stevens (DDG 128)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
2. "New Navy destroyer named to honor former Sen. Ted Stevens". UPI. 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.