USS George M. Neal

Not to be confused with USS George H. McNeal (SP-312), a WWI minesweeper.

USS George M. Neal (DDG-131) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the sixth Flight III variant.^[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.^[5] The sponsor is Kelley Neal Gray, daughter of Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Neal.^[2] Fabrication of the ship began on 2 December 2021.^[6]

Graphical depiction of USS George M. Neal (DDG-131)
History
United States
Name	George M. Neal
Namesake	George M. Neal
Awarded	27 September 2018[1]
Builder	Huntington Ingalls Industries
Laid down	15 December 2023[2]
Sponsored by	Kelley Neal Gray
Identification	Hull number: DDG-131
Status	Under construction[3]
General characteristics
Class & type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)[4]
Length	510 ft (160 m)[4]
Beam	66 ft (20 m)[4]
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[4]
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[4]
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS): RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Armor	Kevlar-type armor with steel hull. Numerous passive survivability measures.
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangar and helipad