USS Sam Nunn

USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.^[1] She was named on 6 May 2019 by Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer in honor of Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. Nunn was a U.S. Senator representing Georgia, who served in Congress from 1972 to 1997, and was chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.^[4] The ship's sponsor is Michelle Nunn, daughter of former Senator Nunn.^[2] Fabrication of the ship began on 12 December 2022.^[5]

Graphical depiction of USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133)
History
United States
Name	Sam Nunn
Namesake	Sam Nunn
Awarded	27 September 2018[1]
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	22 November 2024[2]
Sponsored by	Michelle Nunn
Identification	Hull number: DDG-133
Status	Under construction
General characteristics
Class & 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	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