USS George M. Neal

	Graphical depiction of USS George M. Neal (DDG-131)
History
United States
Name	USS George M. Neal
Namesake	George M. Neal
Awarded	27 September 2018
Builder	Huntington Ingalls Industries
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 George M. Neal (DDG-131) is a planned Template:Sclass- guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 81st overall for the class.^[1] She will be named in honor of Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class George M. Neal, a Korean War veteran and prisoner of war, who was a recipient of the Navy Cross.^[2] George M. Neal will be the sixth ship of the Flight III series.

References

^ ^a ^b "George M. Neal (DDG 131)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^ "SECNAV Names Destroyer in Honor of US Navy, Korean War Veteran" (Press release). United States Navy. 26 March 2019. NNS190326-09. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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