USS Kyle Carpenter (DDG-148)

History
United States
Name	USS Kyle Carpenter
Namesake	Kyle Carpenter
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Identification	Hull number: DDG-148
Status	Authorized for construction
General characteristics
Class & type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)
Length	510 ft (160 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) caliber guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS): RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A Standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Armor	Kevlar-type armor with steel hull. Numerous passive survivability measures.
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangar and helipad

USS Kyle Carpenter (DDG-148) is the planned 98th Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is named for United States marine Kyle Carpenter, the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient at the time the ship was named, for his actions in Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2010. ^{[1] [2]}

Design and construction

Main article: Arleigh Burke-class destroyer § Flight III

In January 2025, the Secretary of the Navy announced that an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer would be named USS Kyle Carpenter, to be built by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

References

1. "USS Kyle Carpenter: A tribute to valor and sacrifice". wltx.com. 2025-08-04. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
2. Ceder, Riley (2025-08-05). "Future destroyer to be named after Marine Medal of Honor recipient". Navy Times. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
3. "Navy orders additional destroyer from Bath Iron Works". www.workboat.com. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
4. Bartow, Adam (2025-08-01). "Maine shipyard earns contract to build another destroyer for the Navy". WMTW. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
5. "Navy to name destroyer for Marine awarded Medal of Honor". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2025-08-07. Retrieved 2025-09-16.