USS Robert R. Ingram

History
United States
Name	Robert R. Ingram
Namesake	Robert R. Ingram
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Identification	Hull number: DDG-149
Status	Authorized for 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 in (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 Robert R. Ingram (DDG-149) is the planned 99th and final ship of the Arleigh Burke-class (Flight III) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is named for United States Navy hospital corpsman Robert R. Ingram, who was awarded the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Vietnam War.^[1]

Design and construction

In January 2025, the Secretary of the Navy announced that an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer would be named USS Robert R. Ingram, to be built by Bath Iron Works.^[2]

On May 6, 2026, United States senator Susan Collins had announced a contract had been awarded to Bath Iron Works to build the Robert R. Ingram.^[3]

References

↑ "Senator Collins Announces Contract Award to Bath Iron Works for the Navy's Newest DDG-51 Destroyer". collins.senate.gov. Retrieved May 6, 2026.
↑ Shelbourne, Mallory. "SECNAV Del Toro Names Four More Warships at SNA, 16 Ships Named This Month". news.usni.org. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
↑ Bahtić, Fatima. "Bath Iron Works nets deal to build another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for US Navy". navaltoday.com. Retrieved May 7, 2026.

[1] "Senator Collins Announces Contract Award to Bath Iron Works for the Navy's Newest DDG-51 Destroyer". collins.senate.gov. Retrieved May 6, 2026.

[2] Shelbourne, Mallory. "SECNAV Del Toro Names Four More Warships at SNA, 16 Ships Named This Month". news.usni.org. Retrieved January 15, 2025.

[3] Bahtić, Fatima. "Bath Iron Works nets deal to build another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for US Navy". navaltoday.com. Retrieved May 7, 2026.

[1]

[2]

[3]