USS Sam Nunn
{{short description|Guided missile destroyer}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133) artist depiction.jpg | Ship caption = Graphical depiction of USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133) }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship country = {{nowrap|United States}} | Ship flag = {{USN flag}} | Ship name = Sam Nunn | Ship namesake = Sam Nunn | Ship awarded = 27 September 2018 | Ship builder = Ingalls Shipbuilding | Ship laid down = 22 November 2024 | Ship launched = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship struck = | Ship sponsor = Michelle Nunn | Ship identification = Hull number: DDG-133 | Ship honors = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Under construction | 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 Sam Nunn (DDG-133) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.{{cite web | url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DDG133}} | title=Sam Nunn (DDG 133) | publisher=Naval Vessel Register | access-date=10 May 2019}} She was named on 6 May 2019 by Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer in honor of Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. Nunn was a U.S. Senator representing Georgia, who served in Congress from 1972 to 1997, and was chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.{{cite press release |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=109469|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506144432/https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=109469|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 6, 2019|title=SECNAV Names New Destroyer In Honor of US Senator from Georgia|publisher=United States Navy|id=NNS190506-01|date=6 May 2019|access-date=10 May 2019}} The ship's sponsor is Michelle Nunn, daughter of former Senator Nunn.{{cite press release |url=https://hii.com/news/hiis-ingalls-shipbuilding-authenticates-keel-of-destroyer-sam-nunn-ddg-133/|title=HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Authenticates Keel of Destroyer Sam Nunn (DDG 133)|publisher=Huntington Ingalls Industries|website=hii.com|date=22 November 2024|access-date=3 December 2024}} Fabrication of the ship began on 12 December 2022.{{cite press release |url=https://hii.com/news/hii-begins-fabrication-of-destroyer-sam-nunn-ddg-133/|title=HII Begins Fabrication of Destroyer Sam Nunn (DDG 133)|publisher=Huntington Ingalls Industries|website=hii.com|date=15 December 2022|access-date=3 December 2024}}
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- {{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DDG133}}}}
{{Arleigh Burke class destroyer}}
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Category:Arleigh Burke-class destroyers
Category:Proposed ships of the United States Navy
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