_moors_at_Naval_Station_Mayport_for_a_port_visit_before_its_official_commission.jpg) USS Thomas Hudner on 30 October 2018
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| History | |
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| Name | Thomas Hudner |
| Namesake | Thomas J. Hudner, Jr. |
| Ordered | 28 February 2012 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 16 November 2015 |
| Launched | 23 April 2017 |
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| Christened | 1 April 2017 |
| Acquired | 15 June 2018 |
| Commissioned | 1 December 2018 |
| Homeport | Mayport, Florida |
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| Motto | Above all Others |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,217 tons (full load) |
| Length | 513 ft (156 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) |
| Speed | In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)[2] |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Double hangar and helipad |
USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The $663 million contract to build her was awarded on 28 February 2012, to Bath Iron Works, of Bath, Maine.[3][4] On 7 May 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship name would be named Thomas Hudner in honor of U.S. naval aviator Thomas Hudner, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in trying to save the life of his wingman, Ensign Jesse L. Brown, during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, in the Korean War.[5]
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FAS.orgwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Destroyers (DDG 51)". Fact Files. United States Navy. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Awarded Contract to Build Additional DDG 51-class Destroyer" (PDF) (Press release). Bath Iron Works. 28 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ "DDG 51 Class Ship Construction Contract Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Naval Sea Systems Command. 26 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Secretary of the Navy Announces DDG 116 to Be Named Thomas Hudner" (Press release). United States Navy. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2016.