USSThad Cochran

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-classdestroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)
Length	510 ft (160 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Propulsion	4 ×General Electric LM2500gas turbines100,000 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) caliberguns 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 32tripletorpedo 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 Seahawkhelicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangarandhelipad

USSThad Cochran(DDG-135)is a plannedArleigh Burke-classguided missile destroyerof theUnited States Navy,the 85th overall for the class.She will be named in honor ofRepublicanU.S. Senatorrepresented Mississippi,William Thad Cochran,who was a U.S. Navyensignduring 1959–1961, he also served as numerous subcommittees during his time in United States Senate.

References

• This article includes information collected from theNaval Vessel Register,which, as a U.S. government publication, is in thepublic domain.The entry can be foundhere.