USS Thomas G. Kelley

History
United States
Name	Thomas G. Kelley
Namesake	Thomas G. Kelley
Builder	Bath Iron Works[1]
Identification	Hull number: DDG-140
Status	Announced[2]
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: 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 Thomas G. Kelley (DDG-140) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 90th overall for the class.^[4] She will honor Captain Thomas G. Kelley (USN, Ret.), who as a then-Lieutenant serving in Vietnam, was awarded the Medal of Honor "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty". Kelley served in the Navy for 30 years, and after retirement, went on to become Secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services.

References

1. "U.S. Flight III Destroyer Multiyear Deal Grows to 10 Ships, 3 Hulls Awarded in FY 2023". usni.org. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
2. Mongilio, Heather (11 Jan 2023). "SECNAV Del Toro Names Future Destroyer After MoH Recipient Thomas Gunning Kelley". U.S. Naval Institute. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
3. "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. FAS.org. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
4. "Thomas G. Kelley (DDG-140)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

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