USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr.

	USS Jason Dunham , of the similar Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class.
History
United States
Name	Harvey C. Barnum Jr.
Namesake	Harvey C. Barnum Jr.
Awarded	3 June 2013
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	6 April 2021
Sponsored by	Martha Hill
Homeport	NS Mayport, FL
Identification	Hull number : DDG-124
Motto	En agite , "Charge on!"
Status	Fitting Out
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke -class destroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)
Length	513 ft (156 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
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 ;
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangar and helipad

USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124) is a planned United States Navy Arleigh Burke -class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer , the 74th overall for the class. She was named in honor of Harvey C. Barnum Jr. , a retired United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor for valor during the Vietnam War . Colonel Barnum served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Reserve Affairs) and as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs). In a press release from General Dynamics , the parent company of Bath Iron Works, it was announced that the United States Navy has awarded funding for the planning and construction of DDG-124, for the Fiscal Year 2016. The $644.3 million contract modification fully funds this ship, and was awarded as part of a multi-year competition for Arleigh Burke -class destroyers awarded in 2013. ^[4] Harvey C. Barnum Jr. is expected to be commissioned in 2025. ^[5]

References [ edit ]

^ "General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Lays Keel of future USS Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. (DDG 124)" (Press release). Bath Iron Works. 6 April 2021 . Retrieved 6 April 2021 .
^ "USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124)" . The Institute of Heraldry . U.S. Army. 6 June 2023 . Retrieved 7 June 2023 .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class" . Federation of American Scientists . FAS.org. 2 November 2016 . Retrieved 9 June 2021 .
^ "Navy Awards General Dynamics Bath Iron Works $644 Million for Construction of DDG 51 Class Destroyer" . General Dynamics (Press release). 31 March 2016 . Retrieved 26 July 2017 .
^ "Upcoming US Navy Commissionings" . www.navycommissionings.org . Retrieved 26 July 2017 .

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[1] "General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Lays Keel of future USS Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. (DDG 124)" (Press release). Bath Iron Works. 6 April 2021 . Retrieved 6 April 2021 .

[2] "USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124)" . The Institute of Heraldry . U.S. Army. 6 June 2023 . Retrieved 7 June 2023 .

[FAS.org-3] "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class" . Federation of American Scientists . FAS.org. 2 November 2016 . Retrieved 9 June 2021 .

[4] "Navy Awards General Dynamics Bath Iron Works $644 Million for Construction of DDG 51 Class Destroyer" . General Dynamics (Press release). 31 March 2016 . Retrieved 26 July 2017 .

[5] "Upcoming US Navy Commissionings" . www.navycommissionings.org . Retrieved 26 July 2017 .

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