USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133) is a planned guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, the 83rd overall for the class.[1] 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.[2] The ship's sponsor is Michelle Nunn, daughter of former Senator Nunn.[3] Fabrication of the ship began on 12 December 2022.[4]