USS Ted Stevens

USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) is a planned Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 78th overall for the class. She will be named for former Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens (1923-2010), an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009 and a staunch supporter of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The USS Ted Stevens will be one of six Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided-missile destroyers. '