USS Jeremiah Denton

Graphical depiction of USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129)
History
United States
Name	USS Jeremiah Denton
Namesake	Jeremiah Denton
Awarded	27 September 2018[1]
Builder	Huntington Ingalls Industries
Laid down	16 August 2022[2]
Launched	26 March 2025[3]
Identification	Hull number: DDG-129
Status	Under construction
General characteristics
Class & type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)[4]
Length	510 ft (160 m)[4]
Beam	66 ft (20 m)[4]
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[4]
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[4]
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 inches (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 Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the fourth Flight III variant.^[1] She is named in honor of former U.S. Senator for Alabama and retired Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton, a Vietnam War veteran and prisoner of war who was a recipient of the Navy Cross.^[5]

Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Mississippi launched the USS Jeremiah Denton on 25 March 2025.^[6]

•  This article incorporates public domain material from Ted Stevens (DDG-128) at the Naval Vessel Register.