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USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG-126) will be an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She is the second of the Flight III variants[3] and 76th overall in the class. She is named after U.S. Marine Corps General Louis H. Wilson Jr., recipient of the Medal of Honor. On 17 September 2016 she was named by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.[4]

USS Louis H. Wilson Jr.

History
United States
Name	Louis H. Wilson Jr.
Namesake	Louis H. Wilson
Builder	Bath Iron Works[1]
Commissioned	Expected, 2023[1]
Identification	Hull number: DDG-126
Status	Authorized
General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)[2]
Length	510 ft (160 m)[2]
Beam	66 ft (20 m)[2]
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[2]
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[2]
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/54 caliber Mk 45 naval gun 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Autocannons 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedo 96-cell Mk 41 VLS for use of: RIM-66M Standard Missile BGM-109 Tomahawk RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC
Armor	Kevlar-type armor with steel hull. Numerous passive survivability measures.
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-60 Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangar and helipad

Bath Iron Works began fabrication of the vessel on 3 March 2020.[5][6]

Namesake

Louis Hugh Wilson Jr. (1920–2005) was the 26th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1975 to 1979, and a recipient of the Medal of Honor during World War II. Born in Brandon, Mississippi, He held a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1941 from Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi—where he participated in football and track. Wilson was also an active member of the Alpha Iota chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, initiated on February 23, 1939. A veteran of the War in Vietnam, General Wilson was the first Marine Corps Commandant to serve full-time on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

References

External links

• "Ray Mabus: DDG 125 & DDG 126 Destroyers Named After Two WWII Marines". ExecutiveGov.com. 19 September 2016.
• "USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG-126)". NavSource.org.
• "Two destroyers to be named for Medal Of Honor recipients". The American Survival Guide.

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