USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr.

USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA Technology Insertion) Aegis guided missile destroyer. She was named in honor of Harvey C. Barnum Jr., a retired United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor for valor during the Vietnam War. Colonel Barnum served as deputy assistant secretary of the Navy (Reserve Affairs) and as acting assistant secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs).

NameHarvey C. Barnum Jr.

NamesakeHarvey C. Barnum Jr.

Awarded3 June 2013

BuilderBath Iron Works

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USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. In Boston March 2026
History
United States
Name	Harvey C. Barnum Jr.
Namesake	Harvey C. Barnum Jr.
Awarded	3 June 2013
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	6 April 2021[1]
Launched	27 September 2023
Sponsored by	Martha Hill
Commissioned	11 April 2026
Home port	NS Norfolk, VA
Identification	Hull number: DDG-124
Motto	En agite, "Charge on!"[2]
Status	In active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)[3]
Length	513 ft (156 m)[3]
Beam	66 ft (20 m)[3]
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[3]
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[3]
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
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangar and helipad

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In a press release from General Dynamics, the parent company of Bath Iron Works, it was announced that the United States Navy had awarded funding for the planning and construction of DDG-124, for fiscal year 2016. The $644.3 million contract modification fully funds this ship, and was awarded as part of a multi-year competition for Arleigh Burke-class destroyers awarded in 2013.^[4]

On April 11, 2026, Harvey C. Barnum Jr. was commissioned into the US Navy.^[5][6][7][8]