| USS Jeremiah Denton | |
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 Graphical depiction of USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129) | |
| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | USS Jeremiah Denton |
| Namesake: | Jeremiah Denton |
| Awarded: | 27 September 2018[1] |
| Builder: | Huntington Ingalls Industries |
| Laid down: | 16 August 2022 |
| Launched: | 26 March 2025 |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 9,200 long tons (9,300 t) |
| Length: | 510 ft (160 m) |
| Draft: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Complement: | 380 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
| Aviation facilities: | Flight deck, Hangar bay |
USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 79th overall for the class.[1] She will be named in honor of former U.S. Senator for Alabama, Admiral Jeremiah Denton (USN), a Vietnam War veteran and prisoner of war, who was a recipient of the Navy Cross. Jeremiah Denton will be the fourth ship of the Flight III series.[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129)". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/DDG129.HTM. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ↑ "SECNAV Names Future Destroyer in honor of Navy Veteran, Vietnam War POW". United States Navy. 4 January 2019. NNS190104-04. https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=108240. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- 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.
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