USS Jack H. Lucas

USS *Jack H. Lucas*
History
USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) during acceptance trials.
United States
Name	Jack H. Lucas
Namesake	Jacklyn H. Lucas
Builder	Huntington-Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	8 November 2019
Launched	4 June 2021
Sponsored by	Ruby Lucas Catherine B. Reynolds
Christened	26 March 2022
Acquired	27 June 2023
Commissioned	7 October 2023
Homeport	San Diego, California
Identification	Hull number: DDG-125
Motto	Indestructible
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,496 long tons (full load)
Length	509.5 ft (155.3 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	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 Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer, the first of the Flight III variants. She is named after then-Marine Corps Private First Class, later United States Army captain Jacklyn H. Lucas, recipient of the Medal of Honor. On 17 September 2016, she was named by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.