USS Frank E. Petersen Jr.

History
United States
Name: USS Frank E. Petersen Jr.
Namesake: USMC Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen
Awarded: 3 June 2013
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down: 21 February 2017
Sponsored by: D’Arcy Neller
Status: Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type: Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement: 9,200 long tons (9,300 t)
Length: 510 ft (160 m)
Draft: 33 ft (10 m)
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Complement: 380 officers and enlisted
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
Aviation facilities: Flight deck, Hangar bay

USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) is a planned United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer, the 71st overall for the class. The ship was named for United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General Frank E. Petersen Jr. (March 2, 1932 – August 25, 2015),[1] the first African-American Marine Corps aviator[2] and the first African-American Marine Corps general.[3] The contract for the ship, along with the name, was first announced in a press release from Huntington Ingalls Industries on 30 March 2016.[4]

The first "cutting of steel" took place in April 2016,[5] and her keel is planned to be laid in the first quarter of 2017.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Bernstein, Adam (August 26, 2015). "Frank Petersen Jr., first black Marine Corps pilot and general, dies at 83". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "MSNBC, LtGen Frank E. Petersen, First Black Aviator". Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Encyclopedia.com, Frank E. Petersen 1932– bio". Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "HII.com, DDG-121 Contract Awarded To Ingalls Shipbuilding". Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Future USS Frank E Petersen Jr Begins Fabrication". US Navy. Retrieved 10 December 2016. The milestone, which signifies the first 100 tons of steel being cut, was marked with a ceremony held in the shipyard's fabrication shop, April 27.
  6. ↑ "Ingalls starts fabrication of DDG 123". Marine Log. January 27, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.


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