USS Sam Nunn
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| File:USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133) artist depiction.jpg Graphical depiction of USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133) | |
| History | |
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| Name | Sam Nunn |
| Namesake | Sam Nunn |
| Awarded | 27 September 2018[1] |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 22 November 2024[2] |
| Sponsored by | Michelle Nunn |
| Identification | Hull number: DDG-133 |
| Status | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
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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 Sam Nunn (DDG-133) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.[1] She was named on 6 May 2019 by Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer in honor of Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. Nunn was a U.S. Senator representing Georgia, who served in Congress from 1972 to 1997, and was chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.[4] The ship's sponsor is Michelle Nunn, daughter of former Senator Nunn.[2] Fabrication of the ship began on 12 December 2022.[5]
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- Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from Sam Nunn (DDG-133) at the Naval Vessel Register.