USS Thad Cochran

	Thad Cochran ' s sister ship John E. Kilmer ; (artist's rendering)
History
United States
Name	Thad Cochran
Namesake	Thad Cochran
Awarded	27 September 2018
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Identification	Hull number : DDG-135
Status	Authorized
General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke -class destroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)
Length	510 ft (160 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 ;
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 Thad Cochran (DDG-135) is a planned Arleigh Burke -class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy , the 85th overall for the class. ^[1] She will be named in honor of Republican U.S. Senator represented Mississippi, William Thad Cochran , who was a U.S. Navy ensign during 1959?1961, he also served as numerous subcommittees during his time in United States Senate. ^[3]

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