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USS ''Thomas Hudner'' (DDG-116) is a planned . The $663 million contract to build her was awarded on 28 February 2012 to Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine. On 7 May 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship name is to be ''Thomas Hudner'' in honor of U.S. naval aviator Thomas Hudner, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in trying to save the life of his wingman, Ensign Jesse L. Brown, during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War. ''Thomas Hudner'' is to be the 66th ship of the ''Arleigh Burke'' class of destroyers, the first of which, , was commissioned in July 1991. With 75 ships planned to be built in total, the class has the longest production run for any U.S. Navy surface combatant. As an ''Arleigh Burke''-class ship, ''Thomas Hudner''s roles included anti-aircraft, anti-submarine, and anti-surface warfare, as well as strike operations. During it long production run, the class was built in three flights—Flight I (DDG-51–DDG-71), Flight II (DDG-72–DDG-78), and Flight IIA (DDG-79– ). ''Thomas Hudner'' is to be a "Technology Insertion" ship with elements of the next generation of ''Arleigh Burke'' class destroyers, called Flight III, and Flight III proper is planned to start with DDG-122.〔 Presentation summarising the restart program.〕 In 2008, the U.S. Navy decided to restart production of the ''Arleigh Burke'' class as orders for the were reduced from ten to three. The first three ships (DDG-113—DDG-115) ordered following the product decision are known as the "restart" ships, while "technology insertion" ships (DDG-116—DDG-121) are expected to incorporate certain elements of ''Arleigh Burke'' class Flight III, which in turn is planned to run from DDG-122 onwards. ==References== * __INDEX__ 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Thomas Hudner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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