DDG 133 Nunn to be built at HII

The Navy has named one of its future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers in honor of former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia, the Navy announced May 6. DDG 133 is among the new class of the DDG-51 Flight III baseline centered around the AMDR/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar system, according to the Navy. Nunn, 80, served in the Coast Guard from 1959-60 and remained in the CG Reserve until 1968. He also served as chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The ship will be constructed at Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII) Ingalls shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss. The ship was authorized for construction last September. Sixty-six class ships have been delivered to the Navy fleet and 10 ships are currently under construction, with an additional 12 under contract with shipbuilders HII-Pascagoula and Bath (Maine) Iron Works. The first Flight III ship, USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) started fabrication last May. Also under construction is the USS Louis H. Wilson and other named Flight III ships under contract also honor two former U.S. senators, Ted Stevens of Alaska and Jeremiah Denton of Alabama. (Source: UPI.com 05/06/19)