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 the Solicitor of the Interior Department. Stevens was a staunch supporter of both the Navy and the Marine Corps. Ted Stevens will be the third ship of the Flight III series.[4]
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Name | Ted Stevens |
Namesake | Ted Stevens |
Awarded | 27 September 2018[1] |
Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries |
Laid down | 9 March 2022[2] |
Identification | Hull number: DDG-128 |
Status | Under construction |
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Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | 9,217 tons (full load)[3] |
Length | 510 ft (160 m)[3] |
Beam | 66 ft (20 m)[3] |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[3] |
Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[3] |
Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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Armor | Kevlar-type armor with steel hull. Numerous passive survivability measures. |
Aircraft carried | 2 × SH-60 Seahawk helicopters |
Aviation facilities | Double hangar and helipad |
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