USS Thad Cochran

USS Thad Cochran (DDG-135) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 85th overall for the class.[1] She will be named in honor of Republican U.S. Senator represented Mississippi, William Thad Cochran, who was a U.S. Navy ensign during 1959–1961, he also served as numerous subcommittees during his time in United States Senate.[2]

History
United States
Name:	USS Thad Cochran
Namesake:	Thad Cochran
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. "Thad Cochran (DDG-135)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
2. "Navy to name ship after the late Sen. Cochran of Mississippi". Associated Press. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 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.