USS Richard G. Lugar
USS Richard G. Lugar (DDG-136) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 86th overall for the class.[1] She will be named in honor of Richard G. Lugar, a Republican United States Senator who represented Indiana. He served in the United States Navy from 1957 to 1960 and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade.[2] She was officially named by Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer during a ceremony 18 November 2019 at the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis.[3]
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | USS Richard G. Lugar |
| Namesake: | Richard Lugar |
| Awarded: | 27 September 2018[1] |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Status: | Authorized |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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 |
References
- "Richard G. Lugar (DDG-136)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- "Navy warship to be named after late Indiana Sen. Lugar". Associated Press. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- Todd Young (13 November 2019). "Young Announces Navy Ship to be Named in Honor of Richard G. Lugar; Naming Ceremony Nov. 18 in Indianapolis" (Press release). United States Senate. Retrieved 13 November 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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