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USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr.

Summary

USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124) is a planned United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer, the 74th overall for the class. She was named in honor of Harvey C. Barnum Jr., a retired United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor for valor during the Vietnam War. Colonel Barnum served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Reserve Affairs) and as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs). In a press release from General Dynamics, the parent company of Bath Iron Works, it was announced that the United States Navy has awarded funding for the planning and construction of DDG-124, for the Fiscal Year 2016. The $644.3 million contract modification fully funds this ship, and was awarded as part of a multi-year competition for Arleigh Burke-class destroyers awarded in 2013.[4] Harvey C. Barnum Jr. is expected to be commissioned in 2024.[5]

US Navy 101123-N-5292M-186 The newly commissioned guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) arrives to its new homeport of Naval Station
USS Jason Dunham, of the similar Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class.
History
United States
NameHarvey C. Barnum Jr.
NamesakeHarvey C. Barnum Jr.
Awarded3 June 2013
BuilderBath Iron Works
Laid down6 April 2021[1]
Sponsored byMartha Hill
HomeportNS Mayport, FL
IdentificationHull number: DDG-124
MottoEn agite, "Charge on!"[2]
StatusFitting Out
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeArleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement9,217 tons (full load)[3]
Length513 ft (156 m)[3]
Beam66 ft (20 m)[3]
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[3]
Speed31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[3]
Complement380 officers and enlisted
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilitiesDouble hangar and helipad

References edit

  1. ^ "General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Lays Keel of future USS Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. (DDG 124)" (Press release). Bath Iron Works. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ^ "USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124)". The Institute of Heraldry. U.S. Army. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. FAS.org. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Navy Awards General Dynamics Bath Iron Works $644 Million for Construction of DDG 51 Class Destroyer". General Dynamics (Press release). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Upcoming US Navy Commissionings". www.navycommissionings.org. Retrieved 26 July 2017.