USS Ted Stevens

For other ships with the same name, see USS Stevens.

History
United States
Name	Ted Stevens
Namesake	Ted Stevens
Awarded	27 September 2018[1]
Builder	Huntington Ingalls Industries
Laid down	9 March 2022[2]
Launched	15 August 2023[3]
Sponsored by	Catherine Ann Stevens Susan Stevens Covich Lily Irene Becker
Christened	19 August 2023[4]
Identification	Hull number: DDG-128
Motto	Lead with Courage[5]
Status	Fitting out
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)[6]
Length	510 ft (160 m)[6]
Beam	66 ft (20 m)[6]
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[6]
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[6]
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 Ted Stevens (DDG-128) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 78th overall for the class.^[1] She will be named in honor of Ted Stevens who served as a U.S. Senator for Alaska for over 40 years. He was also a staunch supporter of both the Navy and the Marine Corps. Ted Stevens will be the third ship of the Flight III of the class.^[7][8]

Construction

The keel of Ted Stevens was laid in a ceremony at the Ingalls shipyards on 9 March 2022.^[2] She was launched on 15 August 2023^[3] and christened four days later on the 19th.^[4]

References

1. "Ted Stevens (DDG 128)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
2. "Keel Authenticated for Future USS Ted Stevens" (Press release). United States Navy. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
3. "HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding Launches Guided Missile Destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128)" (Press release). HII. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
4. "HII Christens Guided Missile Destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128)" (Press release). HII. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
5. "USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) | Coat of Arms". The Institute of Heraldry. United States Army. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
6. "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
7. "SECNAV Names New Destroyer in Honor of US Senator from Alaska" (Press release). United States Navy. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
8. "New Navy destroyer named to honor former Sen. Ted Stevens". United Press International. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 10 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.