USS Louis H. Wilson Jr.

USS *Louis H. Wilson Jr.*
	Graphical depiction of the DDG-126.
History
United States
Name	USS Louis H. Wilson Jr.
Namesake	Commandant of the Marine Corps Louis H. Wilson
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Commissioned	2023 (Expected)
Status	Authorized
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length	510 feet (160m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Draft	33 feet (10m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed	35+ knots
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, RIM-162 ESSM, 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;
Armor	Kevlar-type armor with steel hull. Numerous passive surivivability measures.
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Flight Deck and Hangar Bay

USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG-126) will be an Template:Sclass- of the United States Navy. She is the second of the Flight III variants^[3] and 76th overall in the class. She is named after U.S. Marine Corps General Louis H. Wilson Jr., recipient of the Medal of Honor. On 17 September 2016 she was named by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.^[4]

Bath Iron Works began fabrication of the vessel on 3 March 2020.^[5]^[6]

Namesake

Louis Hugh Wilson Jr. (1920–2005) was the 26th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1975 to 1979, and a recipient of the Medal of Honor during World War II. Born in Brandon, Mississippi, He held a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1941 from Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi—where he participated in football and track. Wilson was also an active member of the Alpha Iota chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, initiated on February 23, 1939. A veteran of the War in Vietnam, General Wilson was the first Marine Corps Commandant to serve full-time on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

References

^ ^a ^b "Secretary Mabus Names Two Destroyers for Medal of Honor Recipients". US Navy. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke - Specifications". globalsecurity.org. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ LaGrone, Sam (28 September 2017). "Bath Iron Works Awarded Second Flight III Destroyer In Two Ship Contract Modification". USNI News. U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
^ "DDG 126 Louis H. Wilson Jr". globalsecurity.org. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ "General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Starts Fabrication of Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126)" (PDF) (Press release). Bath Iron Works. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ "Construction Begins on Bath Iron Works' First Flight III Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer" (Press release). United States Navy. 5 March 2020. NNS200305-09. Retrieved 5 March 2020.

External links

"Ray Mabus: DDG 125 & DDG 126 Destroyers Named After Two WWII Marines". ExecutiveGov.com.
"USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG-126)". NavSource.org.
"Two destroyers to be named for Medal Of Honor recipients". The American Survival Guide.

[navy.mil-1] "Secretary Mabus Names Two Destroyers for Medal of Honor Recipients". US Navy. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[2] "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke - Specifications". globalsecurity.org. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[Second_Flight_III-3] LaGrone, Sam (28 September 2017). "Bath Iron Works Awarded Second Flight III Destroyer In Two Ship Contract Modification". USNI News. U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

[4] "DDG 126 Louis H. Wilson Jr". globalsecurity.org. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[5] "General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Starts Fabrication of Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126)" (PDF) (Press release). Bath Iron Works. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[6] "Construction Begins on Bath Iron Works' First Flight III Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer" (Press release). United States Navy. 5 March 2020. NNS200305-09. Retrieved 5 March 2020.

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