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USS CARL M. LEVIN (DDG 120)


"Tenacious in the Fight"
CLASS - BURKE Flight IIa As Built.
Displacement 8373 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 504' 7" (oa) x 66' 11" x 20' (Max)
Armament 1 x 5"/54 RF, 2 Phalanx 20mm Guns, 90 VLS Cells,
8 Harpoon Missiles, 6 x 12.75" TT.
Machinery, 100,000 SHP; 4 GE LM-2500 Gas Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 30+ Knots, Range 4400 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 370.
Operational and Building Data
Built by Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME (YN 510)
Contract awarded 14 March 2014
Named by SecNav 11 April 2016
Laid down 30 March 2019
Launched 16 May 2021
Christened 02 October 2021
Delivered 26 January 2023
Commissioned 24 June 2023
Active unit of the US Navy
Homeported at Pearl Harbor

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Levin 101kToday,April 15 2016, during a ceremony in Detroit, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the next Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, DDG 120, will be named Carl M. Levin in honor of the longest serving senator in Michigan history. During his 36 years in the Senate, Levin was a member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and its chair for more than nine years. He also served as chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, as a member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He led the Senate in adoption of the Defense Authorization Acts from 2007 through January 2015 when he retired. Currently, Levin is senior counsel at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP and chair of the Levin Center at Wayne State University Law School and the law school's distinguished legislator in residence. "It is a great honor to name this ship in recognition of such a dedicated public servant," said Mabus. "I have no doubt that all who serve aboard her will carry on the legacy of service and commitment exemplified by Carl Levin during his storied career." "My family and I are deeply moved by this singular honor and to be so wonderfully connected to the men and women of our great Navy," said Levin. Arleigh-Burke class destroyers conduct a variety of operations from peacetime presence and crisis response to sea control and power projection. DDG 120 will be capable of fighting air, surface and subsurface battles simultaneously and will contain a combination of offensive and defensive weapon systems designed to support maritime warfare including integrated air and missile defense and vertical launch capabilities. The ship will be constructed at Bath Iron Works in Maine and is expected to enter the Navy fleet in 2020. The ship will be 509 feet long, have a beam length of 59 feet and be capable of operating at speeds in excess of 30 knots. Levin's wife, Barbara, is the sponsor of littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7), which is expected to be commissioned later this summer along the Detroit River.Wolfgang Hechler
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Detroit, April 11 2016, Former Senator Carl M. Levin at the naming ceremony held at the GM Renaissance Center for the Arleigh Burke class destroyer named in his honor by Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Linda J. Andreoli. Along with An artist's impression of the future USS Carl M Levin (DDG 120).
Tommy Trampp

USS CARL M. LEVIN DDG 120 History
Note: History is unavailable at this time
This ship was built too late to be covered by the DANFS project

Commanding Officers
01CDR David WagenborgPCU
02CDR Kelly Craft24 June 2023 - September 2023
03CDR Jason HolbrookSeptember 2023 - present

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Dave Wright
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) Website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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