USS Ted Stevens
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Ted Stevens |
| Namesake | Ted Stevens |
| Awarded | 27 September 2018 |
| Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries |
| Laid down | 9 March 2022 |
| Launched | 15 August 2023 |
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| Christened | 19 August 2023 |
| Identification | Hull number: DDG-128 |
| Motto | Lead with Courage |
| Status | Fitting out |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,217 tons (full load) |
| Length | 510 ft (160 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 |
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| 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) will be a Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the third of the Flight III variant. 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.