Graphical depiction of USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Quentin Walsh |
Namesake | Quentin R. Walsh |
Awarded | 21 December 2018 [1] |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Identification | Hull number: DDG-132 |
Status | Under construction [2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | 9,217 tons (full load) [3] |
Length | 510 ft (160 m) [3] |
Beam | 66 ft (20 m) [3] |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) [3] |
Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) [3] |
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 Quentin Walsh (DDG-132) is a planned United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided missile destroyer, the 82nd overall for the class. [1] [4] 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. [5]