USS Jeremiah Denton

	Graphical depiction of USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129)
History
United States
Name	Jeremiah Denton
Namesake	Jeremiah Denton
Awarded	27 September 2018[1]
Builder	Huntington Ingalls Industries
Laid down	16 August 2022[2]
Identification	Hull number: DDG-129
Status	Under construction
General characteristics
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
Armament	Guns:; 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun); 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Machine Gun System; 4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) 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 Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 79th overall for the class.[1] She will be named in honor of former U.S. Senator for Alabama, Admiral Jeremiah Denton (USN), a Vietnam War veteran and prisoner of war, who was a recipient of the Navy Cross. Jeremiah Denton will be the fourth ship of the Flight III series.[4]

References

"Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
"Keel Authenticated for Future USS Jeremiah Denton" (Press release). United States Navy. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
"DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. FAS.org. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
"SECNAV Names Future Destroyer in honor of Navy Veteran, Vietnam War POW" (Press release). United States Navy. 4 January 2019. NNS190104-04. Retrieved 25 January 2019.

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