USS Thad Cochran

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NameThad Cochran
Namesake Thad Cochran
Awarded27 September 2018 [1]
Builder Ingalls Shipbuilding
Identification Hull number: DDG-135
StatusUnder construction
General characteristics
Class & type Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement9,217 tons (full load) [2]
Length510 ft (160 m) [2]
Beam66 ft (20 m) [2]
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) [2]
Speed31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) [2]
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 Thad Cochran (DDG-135) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. [1] She will be named in honor of William Thad Cochran, a Republican U.S. Senator representing Mississippi from 1978 to 2018, serving on numerous subcommittees during that time. He was a U.S. Navy ensign during 1959–1961. [3] Fabrication of the ship began on 13 November 2023. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Thad Cochran (DDG-135)". Naval Vessel Register . Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists . FAS.org. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. "Navy to name ship after the late Sen. Cochran of Mississippi". Associated Press. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. "HII Begins Fabrication of Destroyer Thad Cochran (DDG 135)". hii.com (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2024.