USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) is an (Flight III) Aegis guided-missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the third of the Flight III variant. She is named in honor of Ted Stevens, a World War II veteran who served as a U.S. senator for Alaska for over 40 years and was a staunch supporter of both the Navy and the U.S .Marine Corps.
Construction The keel of Ted Stevens was laid in a ceremony at the Ingalls shipyards on 9 March 2022. She was launched on 15 August 2023 and christened four days later. She was commissioned on 3 October 2026, in Whittier, Alaska, with acting Navy secretary Hung Cao and Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski in attendance. Captain Mary Katey Hayes is her commanding officer. Ted Stevens will be homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.
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