USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 83rd overall for the class.[1] She will be named in honor of Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr., a U.S. Senator represented Georgia who served the Senate from 1972 to 1997 and served as chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. On 6 May 2019 she was named by Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer.[3]

Graphical depiction of USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133)
History
United States
Name	Sam Nunn
Namesake	Sam Nunn
Awarded	27 September 2018[1]
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Identification	Hull number: DDG-133
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

References

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