| _artist_depiction.jpg.webp) Graphical depiction of USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
|  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]
References
- 1 2 "Walsh (DDG 132)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ↑ "QUENTIN WALSH (DDG 132)". Naval Vessel Register. Naval Sea Systems Command, Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. FAS.org. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ↑ "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.
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