Navy takes delivery of DDG 118
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the guided missile destroyer future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) from shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, March 8. Delivery of DDG 118 represents
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Navy awards BAE Jacksonville contract for modernization of two destroyers
BAE Systems has won an $83.5 million U.S. Navy contract to modernize the guided-missile destroyers USS Carney (DDG 64) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81). The modernization work will be performed
Ingalls awarded contract to build DDG 135
The Navy has exercised an FY2020 $936 million option under a contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries that will see the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division build DDG 135, the future USS Thad Cochran.
DDG 1001 completes acceptance trials
FEBRUARY 5, 2018 — Though the Navy’s second stealthy Zumwalt class destroyer experienced problems that caused it to cut short its initial builder’s sea trial, PEO Ships reports that DDG 1001, the
Japanese tug loses power, scrapes U.S. Navy destroyer
NOVEMBER 20, 2017 — Another U.S. destroyer has been involved in a collision, but in this case an apparently very minor one. U.S. Seventh Fleet reports that the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold
Top officers on USS John S. McCain relieved of duty
OCTOBER 11, 2017— The U.S. Navy has relieved the Commanding Officer and Executive Officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), which was involved in the deadly collision with
GD BIW gets funding for two more Arleigh Burke destroyers
SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 —The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works funding for the planning and construction of two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, DDG 126 and DDG 127. The contract modification
VIDEO: U.S. Navy destroyer collides with tanker; 10 missing
AUGUST 20, 2017—The U.S. Navy has reported that the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) was involved in a collision with the 50,700 dwt Liberian flagged tanker Alnic MC while underway
Australia’s first AWD completes sea trials
APRIL 14, 2017 – GE reports that several milestones have been reached on Australia’s Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) shipbuilding program. The first of the three ships being built for the Royal Australian
Navy commissions USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000)
OCTOBER 15, 2016 — The U.S. Navy’s newest and most technologically advanced warship, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000,) was commissioned into active service today, at North Locust Point in Baltimore. Zumwalt, the lead