USS William Charette

	Graphical depiction of USS William Charette (DDG-130)
History
United States
Name	William Charette
Namesake	William Charette
Awarded	27 September 2018[1]
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Identification	Hull number: DDG-130
Status	Under construction[2]
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 William Charette (DDG-130) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 80th overall for the class.[1] She will be named in honor of Master Chief William R. Charette, a Korean War veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor. William Charette will be the fifth ship of the Flight III series.[4]

References

"William Charette (DDG 130)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
"WILLIAM CHARETTE (DDG 130)". Naval Vessel Register. Naval Sea Systems Command, Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 18 December 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 US Navy Medal of Honor Recipient" (Press release). United States Navy. 18 March 2019. NNS190318-03. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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