| USS Thomas G. Kelley | |
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| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | Thomas G. Kelley |
| Namesake: | Thomas G. Kelley |
| Identification: | Hull number: DDG-140 |
| Status: | Planned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 9,217 tons (full load)[1] |
| Length: | 510 ft (160 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20 m)[1] |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[1] |
| Speed: | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[1] |
| 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 Thomas G. Kelley (DDG-140) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 90th overall for the class. She will be named for Thomas G. Kelley, a former United States Navy captain and recipient of the Medal of Honor as a lieutenant commander during the Vietnam War. She was officially named by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro at the Surface Navy Association's annual symposium on 11 January 2023.[2]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "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 after MoH recipient Captain Thomas G. Kelley". United States Navy. 12 January 2023. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/3266488/secnav-names-future-arleigh-burke-class-destroyer-after-moh-recipient-captain-t/.
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