USS Quentin Walsh
Graphical depiction of USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Quentin Walsh |
Namesake | Quentin Walsh |
Awarded | 21 December 2018[1] |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Status | Under construction |
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 |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck, Hangar bay |
USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132) is a planned United States Navy Template:Sclass- Flight III guided missile destroyer, the 82nd overall for the class.[1][2] She will be named for Captain Quentin Walsh (1910–2000), a United States Coast Guard officer who earned the Navy Cross during the World War II.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Walsh (DDG 132)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ "SECNAV Names Future Destroyer in Honor of US Coast Guard, World War II Navy Cross Recipient" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 6 June 2019. NNS180312-11. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ Cone, Allen (7 June 2019). "U.S. Navy names destroyer after Coast Guard hero Quentin Walsh". UPI Defense News. United Press International. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- 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.