USS Jack H. Lucas
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USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, first of the Flight III variants[11] and 75th overall in the class. She is named after then-Marine Corps Private First Class, later United States Army captain Jacklyn H. Lucas,[12] recipient of the Medal of Honor. On 17 September 2016, she was named by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.[13]
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USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) during acceptance trials. | |
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United States | |
Name | Jack H. Lucas |
Namesake | Jacklyn H. Lucas |
Builder | Huntington-Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 8 November 2019[1] |
Launched | 4 June 2021[2] |
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Christened | 26 March 2022[3] |
Acquired | 27 June 2023[4] |
Commissioned | 7 October 2023[5] |
Homeport | San Diego, California[6] |
Identification | Hull number: DDG-125 |
Motto | Indestructible[7] |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
Displacement | 9,496 long tons (full load)[8][9] |
Length | 509.5 ft (155.3 m)[10] |
Beam | 66 ft (20 m)[9] |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[9] |
Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[9] |
Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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Armor | Kevlar-type armor with steel hull. Numerous passive survivability measures. |
Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
Aviation facilities | Double hangar and helipad |
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