USS Thad Cochran
USS Thad Cochran is a planned Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She will be named in honor of William Thad Cochran, a Republican U.S. Senator representing Mississippi from 1978 to 2018, serving on numerous subcommittees during that time. He was a U.S. Navy ensign during 1959–1961. Fabrication of the ship began on 13 November 2023.