USS Patrick Gallagher

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| Ship country = {{nowrap|United States}}

| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}

| Ship name = Patrick Gallagher

| Ship namesake = Patrick Gallagher

| Ship awarded = 28 September 2017

| Ship builder = Bath Iron Works

| Ship laid down = 30 March 2022{{cite press release|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2983454/keel-authenticated-for-future-uss-patrick-gallagher/|title=Keel Authenticated for Future USS Patrick Gallagher|date=31 March 2022|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=31 March 2022}}

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| Ship sponsor = Teresa Gallagher Keegan, Rosemarie Gallagher, and Pauline Gallagher

| Ship christened = 27 July 2024

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| Ship identification = Hull number: DDG-127

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| Ship status = Under construction

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| 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|513|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{Convert|66|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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| Ship propulsion = 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines {{convert|100000|shp|abbr=on}}

| Ship speed = {{Convert|31|kn}}

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| Ship complement = 380 officers and enlisted

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| Ship armament = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III armament}}

| Ship aircraft = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III aircraft}}

| Ship aircraft facilities = Double hangar and helipad

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USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG-127) will be a Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA Technology Insertion) Aegis guided missile destroyer, the last Flight IIA Technology Insertion variant.{{cite web | url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DDG127}} | title=Gallagher (DDG 127) | publisher=Naval Vessel Register | access-date=13 March 2018}}{{cite press release |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=104681 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312185028/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=104681 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 March 2018 |title=SECNAV Names Newest Destroyer in Honor of U.S. Marine |publisher=U.S. Navy |id=NNS180312-11 |date=12 March 2018 |access-date=12 March 2018}} She will be named for Lance Corporal Patrick Gallagher (1944–1967), an Irish-born Marine who earned the Navy Cross during the Vietnam War.{{cite news |url=https://news.usni.org/2018/03/12/navy-names-destroyer-irish-marine-patrick-gallagher |title=Navy Names Destroyer After Irish Marine Patrick Gallagher |last=LaGrone |first=Sam|date=12 March 2018 |work=USNI News |publisher=U.S. Naval Institute |access-date=13 March 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=28778|title=US War Memorials - Gallagher, Patrick 'Bob'}}

Unlike the previous two Arleigh Burke-class ships USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) and USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG-126) which were inserted into the previous multi-year contract and are planned to be built in the Flight III configuration, Patrick Gallagher was separately added to Navy shipbuilding plans by Congress and will be built in the Flight IIA configuration.{{cite news |url=https://news.usni.org/2017/12/19/30117 |title=DDG-51 Program Preparing RFP For Next Multi-year Buy |last=Eckstein |first=Megan |date=20 December 2017 |work=USNI News |publisher=U.S. Naval Institute |access-date=13 March 2018}}{{cite press release |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/1328736/ |title=Contracts |date=28 September 2017 |id=CR-189-17 |publisher=U.S. Department of Defense |access-date=13 March 2018 |quote="…and award of one fiscal 2016 ship (DDG 127) in the Flight IIA configuration."}} Bath Iron Works was awarded the contract for Patrick Gallagher on 28 September 2017{{cite news |url=https://news.usni.org/2017/09/28/bath-iron-works-awarded-first-flight-iii-destroyer-two-ship-contract-modification |title=Bath Iron Works Awarded Second Flight III Destroyer In Two Ship Contract Modification |last=LaGrone |first=Sam |date=28 September 2017 |work=USNI News |publisher=U.S. Naval Institute |access-date=13 March 2018}} and construction started on 9 November 2018.{{cite press release |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=107739 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113194843/https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=107739 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2018 |title=Construction Begins on Future USS Patrick Gallagher |publisher=United States Navy |id=NNS181113-08 |date=13 November 2019 |access-date=13 November 2018}} On 30 March 2022, her keel was laid down at Bath Iron Works.

The ship was christened at Bath Iron Works shipyard on 27 July 2024. US Senator Susan Collins of Maine was in attendance.{{cite press release|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3851640/us-navy-to-christen-guided-missile-destroyer-future-uss-patrick-gallagher/|title=U.S. Navy to Christen Guided-Missile Destroyer Future USS Patrick Gallagher|publisher=United States Navy|date=26 July 2024|access-date=30 July 2024}} Outside the north gate, a group of around 75 protesters of the Gaza war were blocking roads, criminal trespass and dumping red liquid on the area in front of BIW's main building. Several were arrested.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-27 |title=Several protesters arrested during Bath Iron Works ship christening event |url=https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/crime/several-protesters-arrested-at-bath-iron-works-ship-christening-event-pro-palestine-protest/97-dc15f022-b99b-4316-9dec-26acb2468447 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729091720/https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/crime/several-protesters-arrested-at-bath-iron-works-ship-christening-event-pro-palestine-protest/97-dc15f022-b99b-4316-9dec-26acb2468447 |archive-date=2024-07-29 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=newscentermaine.com |language=en-US}}

References

{{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DDG127}}}}

Category:Proposed ships of the United States Navy

Category:Arleigh Burke-class destroyers