| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Telesforo Trinidad |
| Namesake: | Telesforo Trinidad |
| Awarded: | 27 September 2018[1] |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Identification: | Hull number: DDG-139 |
| 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 Telesforo Trinidad (DDG-139) is the planned 89th Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.[1] She will honor Fireman 2nd class Telesforo Trinidad, the only Filipino in the US Navy to ever be awarded the Medal of Honor.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Telesforo Trinidad (DDG-139)". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/DDG139.HTM.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. FAS.org. 2 November 2016. https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/ddg-51.htm.
- ↑ "SECNAV Names Future Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer Telesforo Trinidad". navy.mil. 19 May 2022. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3036923/secnav-names-future-arleigh-burke-class-destroyer-telesforo-trinidad/.
- 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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