USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116)

Guided-Missile Destroyer Warship

United States | 2018

"USS Thomas Hudner, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, saw her keel laid down in November of 2015."

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The Arleigh Burke-class of guided missile destroyers of the modern United States Navy (USN) is ultra-critical to American enforcement and protection of its interests and allies overseas. The series numbers some 76 planned vessels with over sixty-five already having been completed (across three distinct "flights"). On February 28th, 2012, the design of what would become the USS Thomas Hudner was ordered with construction to be handled by Bath Iron Works of Maine. Her keel was laid down on November 16th, 2015 and the warship was officially launched on April 23rd, 2017 with commissioning scheduled for some time in late-2018.

USS Thomas Hudner fights under the motto of "Above All Others". The warship represents the next step in the evolution of the Arleigh Burke-class, known under the designation of "Flight III" (three total flights dot the Arleigh Burke fleet), forced upon the USN after the reduction-in-number of the technologically-laden Zumwalt-class destroyer group.

The warship takes on the same form and function already established by the Arleigh Burke destroyer design standard. A singular turreted deck gun is featured over the forecastle with a bank of vertically-launched missiles just aft. Aft of this is the command bridge embedded within the forward superstructure. Atop this structure are the various critical communications, sensors and radar fits as well as a pole-type exposed mast. The first set of funnels is integrated as part of the forward superstructure. At midships is a gap dividing the forward funnel set from the aft funnel set and the latter is integrated into the aft superstructure which houses the aft-missile bank as well as a full-service helicopter hangar. The hangar opens out to the heli-deck at the stern. Two medium-class navy helicopters can be handled by the warship (typically 2 x Sikorsky MH-60R types). 2 x Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIB) are carried.

Power is served from 4 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines developing a combined 100,000 horsepower and helping to drive the vessel to speeds of 31 knots. Range is out to 4,400 nautical miles.

Dimensions include an overall length of 513 feet, a beam of 66 feet and a draught of 30.5 feet. Displacement will be in the range of 9,220 tons under full load.

Armament will most likely include a 5" turreted deck gun, support for Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) and Surface-to-Surface Missile (SSM) weapon types (including Tomahawk cruise missiles) with local defense provided by 25mm Chainguns, 20mm Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWSs) and a small collection of heavy machine guns. Triple torpedo tubes will be used to handle undersea threats. Various electronic warfare and decoy systems will be carried as well as 3D radar, air-search and surface-search radar, sonar and towed sonar arrays.

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December 2018 - USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) was formally commissioned into service with the United States Navy on December 1st, 2018.

Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one sea-going vessel design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116).

4 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines developing 100,000 horsepower to 2 x shafts.
Propulsion

31.0 kts
35.7 mph
Surface Speed

4,375 nm
5,035 miles | 8,103 km
Range

Structure
The bow-to-stern, port-to-starboard physical qualities of USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116).

320
Personnel
Complement

513.0 ft
156.36 meters
O/A Length

66.0 ft
20.12 meters
Beam

30.5 ft
9.30 meters
Draught

9,215
tons
Displacement

Armament
Available supported armament and special-mission equipment featured in the design of USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116).

1 x 5" (127mm) turreted deck gun.
1 x 32-cell Mk 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS).
1 x 64-cell VLS.
2 x 25mm chain guns.
2 x 20mm Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWSs).
2 x 12.7mm Heavy Machine Guns (HMGs).
2 x 7.62mm M240B Medium Machine Guns (MMGs).
2 x Mk 32 Mod 11 triple torpedo tubes.

Air Arm
Available supported fixed-wing / rotary-wing aircraft featured in the design of USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116).

2 x Sikorsky SH-60 "Sea Hawk" navy helicopters.

Ships-in-Class (62)
Notable series variants as part of the USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) family line as relating to the Arleigh Burke-class group.

USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51); USS Barry (DDG-52); USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53); USS Curtis Wilber (DDG-54); USS Stout (DDG-55); USS John S. McCain (DDG-56); USS Mitscher (DDG-57); USS Laboon (DDG-58); USS Russell (DDG-59); USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60); USS Ramage (DDG-61); USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62); USS Stethem (DDG-63); USS Carney (DDG-64); USS Benfold (DDG-65); USS Gonzalez (DDG-66); USS Cole (DDG-67); USS The Sullivans (DDG-68); USS Milius (DDG-69); USS Hopper (DDG-70); USS Ross (DDG-71); USS Mahan (DDG-72); USS Decatur (DDG-73); USS McFaul (DDG-74); USS Donald Cook (DDG-75); USS Higgins (DDG-76); USS O'Kane (DDG-77); USS Porter (DDG-78); USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79); USS Roosevelt (DDG-80); USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81); USS Lassen (DDG-82); USS Howard (DDG-83); USS Bulkeley (DDG-84); USS McCampbell (DDG-85); USS Shoup (DDG-86); USS Mason (DDG-87); USS Preble (DDG-88); USS Mustin (DDG-89); USS Chafee (DDG-90); USS Pinkney (DDG-91); USS Momsen (DDG-92); USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93); USS Nitze (DDG-94); USS James E. Williams (DDG-95); USS Bainbridge (DDG-96); USS Halsey (DDG-97); USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98); USS Farragut (DDG-99); USS Kidd (DDG-100); USS Gridley (DDG-101); USS Sampson (DDG-102); USS Truxtun (DDG-103); USS Sterett (DDG-104); USS Dewey (DDG-105); USS Stockdale (DDG-106); USS Gravely (DDG-107); USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108); USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109); USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110); USS Spruance (DDG-111); USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112); USS John Finn (DDG-113); USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114); USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115); USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116); USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117); Daniel Inouye (DDG-118); Delbert D. Black (DDG-119); Unnamed (DDG-120); Unnamed (DDG-121); Unnamed (DDG-122; Unnamed (DDG-122); Unnamed (DDG-123); Unnamed (DDG-124); Unnamed (DDG-125); Unnamed (DDG-126)

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