USS Jeremiah Denton

History
Graphical depiction of USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129)
United States
Name	USS Jeremiah Denton
Namesake	Jeremiah Denton
Awarded	27 September 2018^[1]
Builder	Huntington Ingalls Industries
Laid down	16 August 2022^[2]
Identification	Hull number: DDG-129
Status	Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)^[3]
Length	510 ft (160 m)^[3]
Beam	66 ft (20 m)^[3]
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)^[3]
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)^[3]
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns: 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 Machine Gun System 4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS): RIM-66M Surface-to-Air Missile RIM-156 Surface-to-Air Missile RIM-174A Standard ERAM RIM-161 Anti-Ballistic Missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise Missile RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 Lightweight Torpedo Mark 50 Lightweight Torpedo Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo
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 Jeremiah Denton (DDG-129) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 79th overall for the class.^[1] She will be named in honor of former U.S. Senator for Alabama, Admiral Jeremiah Denton (USN), a Vietnam War veteran and prisoner of war, who was a recipient of the Navy Cross. Jeremiah Denton will be the fourth ship of the Flight III series.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
^ "Keel Authenticated for Future USS Jeremiah Denton" (Press release). United States Navy. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. FAS.org. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^ "SECNAV Names Future Destroyer in honor of Navy Veteran, Vietnam War POW" (Press release). United States Navy. 4 January 2019. NNS190104-04. Retrieved 25 January 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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