USS Richard G. Lugar

History
United States
Name	Richard G. Lugar
Namesake	Richard Lugar
Awarded	27 September 2018[1]
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)[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	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber 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 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 was officially named by Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer in honor of Richard G. Lugar, a Republican United States Senator who represented Indiana, who served in the United States Navy from 1957 to 1960 and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade, during a ceremony on November 18, 2019 at the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis.^{[3] [4]}

References

1. "Richard G. Lugar (DDG-136)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
2. "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. FAS.org. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
3. 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.
4. "Navy warship to be named after late Indiana Sen. Lugar". Associated Press. 13 November 2019. 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.