USS Richard G. Lugar
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Richard G. Lugar |
| Namesake | Richard Lugar |
| Awarded | 27 September 2018[1] |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Identification | Hull number: DDG-136 |
| Status | Authorized |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,217 tons (full load)[2] |
| Length | 510 ft (160 m)[2] |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m)[2] |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[2] |
| Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[2] |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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| 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 Richard G. Lugar (DDG-136) is the planned 86th Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.[1] She was officially named by Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer in honor of Richard G. Lugar, a Republican U.S. Senator who represented Indiana from 1977 to 2013, during a ceremony on November 18, 2019 at the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis.[3] [4] Before he was a senator, Lugar served in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1960 and achieved the rank of lieutenant junior grade.
References
- ^ a b "Richard G. Lugar (DDG-136)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. FAS.org. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ Todd Young (13 November 2019). "Young Announces Navy Ship to be Named in Honor of Richard G. Lugar; Naming Ceremony Nov. 18 in Indianapolis" (Press release). United States Senate. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Navy warship to be named after late Indiana Sen. Lugar". Associated Press. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
This article incorporates public domain material from Richard G Lugar (DDG-136) at the Naval Vessel Register.