| USS Quentin Walsh | |
|---|---|
 Graphical depiction of USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132) | |
| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | USS Quentin Walsh |
| Namesake: | Quentin Walsh |
| Awarded: | 21 December 2018[1] |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| 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 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
| Aviation facilities: | Flight deck, Hangar bay |
USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132) is a planned United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided missile destroyer, the 82nd overall for the class.[1][2] She will be named for Captain Quentin Walsh (1910–2000), a United States Coast Guard officer who earned the Navy Cross during the World War II.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Walsh (DDG 132)". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/DDG132.HTM. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ↑ "SECNAV Names Future Destroyer in Honor of US Coast Guard, World War II Navy Cross Recipient". U.S. Navy. 6 June 2019. NNS180312-11. https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=109820.
- ↑ Cone, Allen (7 June 2019). "U.S. Navy names destroyer after Coast Guard hero Quentin Walsh". UPI Defense News. United Press International. https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2019/06/07/US-Navy-names-destroyer-after-Coast-Guard-hero-Quentin-Walsh/1901559913339.
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