USS Sam Nunn

Graphical depiction of USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133)
History
United States
Name	USS Sam Nunn
Namesake	Sam Nunn
Awarded	27 September 2018
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Status	Authorized
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length	510 ft (160 m)
Draft	33 ft (10 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mark 41 Vertical Launching System, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/62, 2 × 25 mm Mk 38, 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Flight deck, Hangar bay

USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133) is a planned Template:Sclass- guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 83th overall for the class. She will be named in honor of Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr., a U.S. Senator represented Georgia who served the Senate from 1972 to 1997 and served as chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. On 6 May 2019 she was named by Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer.

References

•  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.