USS William Charette (DDG 130)

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USS WILLAIM CHARETTE is the fifth ARLEIGH BURKE - class Flight III guided missile destroyer and the 80th ARLEIGH BURKE - class ship overall. She is the first ship in the Navy named after Master Chief William R. Charette who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Korean War.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: September 27, 2018
	Keel laid: August 29, 2024
	Launched:
	Commissioned:
	Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
	Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
	Propellers: two
	Length: 509.5 feet (155.3 meters)
	Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters)
	Draft: 30.5 feet (9.3 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 9,500 tons full load
	Speed: 32 knots
	Aircraft: two MH-60R helicopters
	Armament: one Mk-45 5"/62 caliber lightweight gun; two Mk-41 VLS for Standard missiles, ESSM, Tomahawk ASM/LAM and vertical launch ASROC missiles; one 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk-50 and Mk-46 torpedoes, two Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm machine gun systems
	Homeport:
	Crew: approx. 380

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS WILLIAM CHARETTE. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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USS WILLIAM CHARETTE Image Gallery:

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the WILLIAM CHARETTE under construction at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on October 6, 2024.

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