USS Sam Nunn

USS Sam Nunn is a planned Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named on 6 May 2019 by Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer in honor of Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. Nunn was a U.S. Senator representing Georgia, who served in Congress from 1972 to 1997, and was chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The ship's sponsor is Michelle Nunn, daughter of former Senator Nunn. Fabrication of the ship began on 12 December 2022.