USS Michael G. Mullen
{{Short description|Future US Navy destroyer}}
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{{Infobox ship career | Ship country = {{nowrap|United States}} | Ship flag = {{USN flag}} | Ship name = Michael G. Mullen | Ship namesake = Michael Mullen | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Bath Iron Works | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship struck = | Ship sponsor = | Ship honors = | Ship identification = Hull number: DDG-144 | Ship fate = | Ship status = Authorized for construction{{cite web|url=https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_DDG_142.HTML|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624051001/https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_DDG_142.HTML|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2024|title=DDG-142|website=nvr.navy.mil|date=18 August 2023|access-date=13 January 2024}} | Ship homeport = | Ship motto = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}} | Ship displacement = 9,217 tons (full load){{cite web |url=https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/ddg-51.htm |title=DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class |work=Federation of American Scientists |publisher=FAS.org |date= 2 November 2016 |access-date=9 June 2021}} | Ship length = {{Convert|510|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{Convert|66|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship propulsion = 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines {{convert|100000|shp|abbr=on}} | Ship speed = {{Convert|31|kn}} | Ship range = | Ship complement = 380 officers and enlisted | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III armament}} | Ship armor = Kevlar-type armor with steel hull. Numerous passive survivability measures. | Ship aircraft = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III aircraft}} | Ship aircraft facilities = Double hangar and helipad | Ship notes = }} |
USS Michael G. Mullen (DDG-144) is the planned 94th Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is named for former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen.
Design and construction
{{Main article|Arleigh Burke-class destroyer#Flight III}}
As a Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, she would be mounted with the more powerful AN/SPY-6 radar compared to her sister ships. This radar, and other modifications, would allow Flight III destroyers to serve as a replacement for the air-defense roles of Ticonderoga-class cruisers.{{Cite web |last=LaGrone |first=Sam |date=2023-08-01 |title=Navy Awards Ingalls 6 Flight III Arleigh Burke Destroyers, Bath Iron Works 3 as Part of 5-Year Deal |url=https://news.usni.org/2023/08/01/navy-awards-ingalls-6-flight-iii-arleigh-burke-destroyers-bath-iron-works-3-as-part-of-five-year-deal |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=USNI News |language=en-US}}
She was ordered in 2023 as part of a larger 5-year plan to build 9 Flight III ships and is expected to start fabrication in 2027.
In 2024, she was named after the former chairman, as he was a, "visionary leader in the mold of the greatest naval leaders that came before [them]".{{Cite web |last=Mongilio |first=Heather |date=2024-05-22 |title=SECNAV Del Toro Names New Destroyers for Former SECNAV Danzig, CJCS Mullen |url=https://news.usni.org/2024/05/22/secnav-del-toro-names-new-destroyers-for-former-secnav-danzig-cjcs-mullen |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=USNI News |language=en-US}}
References
{{Arleigh Burke class destroyer}}
Category:Arleigh Burke-class destroyers
Category:Proposed ships of the United States Navy
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