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USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126)



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USS LOUIS H. WILSON JR. is the second ARLEIGH BURKE - class Flight III guided missile destroyer and the first ship in the Navy named after US Marine Corps General Louis H. Wilson Jr., recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Guam in World War II. The Flight III upgrade is centered on the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR). It incorporates upgrades to the electrical power and cooling capacity plus additional associated changes to provide greatly enhanced warfighting capability. The AMDR enables Flight III ships to perform Anti-Air Warfare and Ballistic Missile Defense simultaneously.

General Characteristics:Awarded: June 3, 2013
Keel laid: July 5, 2023 (Keel authenticated on May 16, 2023)
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Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two
Length: 509.5 feet (155.3 meters)
Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters)
Draft: 30.5 feet (9.3 meters)
Displacement: approx. 9,500 tons full load
Speed: 32 knots
Aircraft: two MH-60R helicopters
Armament: one Mk-45 5"/62 caliber lightweight gun; two Mk-41 VLS for Standard missiles, ESSM, Tomahawk ASM/LAM and vertical launch ASROC missiles; one 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk-50 and Mk-46 torpedoes, two Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm machine gun systems
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Crew: approx. 380


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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS LOUIS H. WILSON JR. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.


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