The U.S. Navy and General Dynamics (GD) Bath Iron Works (BIW) marked the start of fabrication for the future USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132) with a ceremony at BIW’s Structural Fabrication Facility in East Brunswick, Maine, November 16.
USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132) will be a DDG-51 Flight III guided missile destroyer centered on the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) and will incorporate upgrades to the electrical power and cooling capacity plus additional associated changes to provide greatly enhanced warfighting capability to the fleet. The Flight III baseline begins with DDGs 125-126 and continues with USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) and follow on ships.
The ship is named for Capt. Quentin R. Walsh, a United States Coast Guard officer who earned the Navy Cross during World War II.
«We are engaged in a long-term competition and the future USS Quentin Walsh will provide the strategic capabilities needed to support the fleet for decades to come», said Captain Seth Miller, DDG 51 program manager, Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships. «Captain Walsh provided selfless service to his country and this warship will help to continue his honorable legacy».
BIW is also in production on the future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG-120), USS John Basilone (DDG-122), USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124), USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG-127), USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG-126) and USS William Charette (DDG-130).
As one of the Defense Department’s largest acquisition organizations, PEO Ships is responsible for executing the development and procurement of all destroyers, amphibious ships, special mission and support ships, boats and craft.
Guided Missile Destroyers Lineup
Flight III
| Ship | Yard | Launched | Commissioned | Homeport |
| DDG-125 Jack H. Lucas | HIIIS | |||
| DDG-126 Louis H. Wilson, Jr. | GDBIW | |||
| DDG-128 Ted Stevens | HIIIS | |||
| DDG-129 Jeremiah Denton | HIIIS | |||
| DDG-130 William Charette | GDBIW | |||
| DDG-131 George M. Neal | HIIIS | |||
| DDG-132 Quentin Walsh | GDBIW | |||
| DDG-133 Sam Nunn | HIIIS | |||
| DDG-134 John E. Kilmer | GDBIW | |||
| DDG-135 Thad Cochran | HIIIS | |||
| DDG-136 Richard G. Lugar | GDBIW | |||
| DDG-137 John F. Lehman | HIIIS | |||
| DDG-138 | GDBIW | |||
| DDG-139 | HIIIS |