USS J. William Middendorf

USS J. William Middendorf is the planned 88th Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She will honor J. William Middendorf, a former Secretary of the Navy and US Ambassador to the Netherlands. The name was announced 10 June 2022.

Construction

In June 2022, the Secretary of the Navy announced that an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer would be named USS J. William Middendorf, to be built by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. The keel plate unveiling ceremony was held on 11 December 2023, at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.