USS J. William Middendorf

USS J. William Middendorf
File:USS John E. Kilmer (DDG-134) artist depiction.jpg J. William Middendorf's sister ship John E. Kilmer (artist's rendering)
Career (United States)
Name:	J. William Middendorf
Namesake:	J. William Middendorf
Builder:	Bath Iron Works
Identification:	Hull number: DDG-138
Status:	Authorized
General characteristics
Class & type:	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement:	9,217 tons (full load)
Length:	510 ft (160 m)
Beam:	66 ft (20 m)
Propulsion:	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed:	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
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 J. William Middendorf (DDG-138) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 88th overall for the class. She will honor J. William Middendorf, a former Secretary of the Navy and US Ambassador to the Netherlands. The name was announced 10 June 2022.

References

• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.