USS Ted Stevens

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History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameTed Stevens
Namesake Ted Stevens
Awarded27 September 2018 [1]
Builder Huntington Ingalls Industries
Laid down9 March 2022 [2]
Launched15 August 2023 [3]
Sponsored by
  • Catherine Ann Stevens
  • Susan Stevens Covich
  • Lily Irene Becker
Christened19 August 2023 [4]
Identification Hull number: DDG-128
MottoLead with Courage [5]
StatusFitting out
Badge US Navy USS Ted Stevens DDG-128 CoA.png
General characteristics
Class & type Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement9,217 tons (full load) [6]
Length510 ft (160 m) [6]
Beam66 ft (20 m) [6]
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) [6]
Speed31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) [6]
Complement380 officers and enlisted
Armament
ArmorKevlar-type armor with steel hull. Numerous passive survivability measures.
Aircraft carried2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities Double hangar and helipad

USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) will be an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the third of the Flight III variant. [1] She will be named in honor of Ted Stevens, who served as a U.S. Senator for Alaska for over 40 years and was a staunch supporter of both the Navy and the Marine Corps. [7] [8]

Construction

The keel of Ted Stevens was laid in a ceremony at the Ingalls shipyards on 9 March 2022. [2] She was launched on 15 August 2023 [3] and christened four days later on the 19th. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ted Stevens (DDG 128)". Naval Vessel Register . Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Keel Authenticated for Future USS Ted Stevens" (Press release). United States Navy. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 "HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding Launches Guided Missile Destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128)" (Press release). HII. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. 1 2 "HII Christens Guided Missile Destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128)" (Press release). HII. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. "USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128)". The Institute of Heraldry. United States Army. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  7. "SECNAV Names New Destroyer in Honor of US Senator from Alaska" (Press release). United States Navy. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  8. "New Navy destroyer named to honor former Sen. Ted Stevens". United Press International. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.