USS George M. Neal

	Graphical depiction of USS George M. Neal (DDG-131)
History
United States
Name	George M. Neal
Namesake	George M. Neal
Awarded	27 September 2018
Builder	Huntington Ingalls Industries
Laid down	15 December 2023
Sponsored by	Kelley Neal Gray
Identification	Hull number: DDG-131
Status	Under construction
General characteristics
Class & type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)
Length	510 ft (160 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns:; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun); 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS; 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system; 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns; Missiles:; 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS):; RIM-66M surface-to-air missile; RIM-156 surface-to-air missile; RIM-174A standard ERAM; RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile; RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed); BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile; RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC; Torpedoes:; 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes:; Mark 46 lightweight torpedo; Mark 50 lightweight torpedo; Mark 54 lightweight torpedo;
Armor	Kevlar-type armor with steel hull. Numerous passive survivability measures.
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangar and helipad

USS George M. Neal (DDG-131) is a planned Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the sixth Flight III variant.^[1] She will be named in honor of Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class George M. Neal, a Korean War veteran and prisoner of war, who was a recipient of the Navy Cross.^[5] The sponsor is Kelley Neal Gray, daughter of Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Neal.^[2] Fabrication of the ship began on 2 December 2021.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "George M. Neal (DDG 131)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b "HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding Authenticates Keel of Destroyer George M. Neal (DDG 131)". hii.com (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
^ "GEORGE M NEAL (DDG 131)". Naval Vessel Register. Naval Sea Systems Command, Shipbuilding Support Office. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. FAS.org. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^ "SECNAV Names Destroyer in Honor of US Navy, Korean War Veteran" (Press release). United States Navy. 26 March 2019. NNS190326-09. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^ "HII Begins Fabrication of Destroyer George M. Neal (DDG 131)". hii.com (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

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