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. 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. 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.
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Richard G. Lugar |
Namesake | Richard Lugar |
Awarded | 27 September 2018 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Identification | Hull number: DDG-136 |
Status | Authorized |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | 9,217 tons (full load) |
Length | 510 ft (160 m) |
Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) |
Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) |
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 |
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