Though its hulking size and dramatic geometry are eye-catching, the ship has been plagued by cost overruns and design challenges that left it without a clear use for the Navy. Only three ships of the class are now planned, down from an initial 32,and only one is in service: the USS Z...
DDG-121 Delivery for US NavyAnonymousSea Technology
emphasizing its advanced performance and challenges it faces. Although the US Navy is betting on the 'Futurist' concept of DDG (X), logistical and industrial obstacles are evident. The notable
The US Navy has awarded contracts, totalling $202m, to BAE Systems to undertake modernisation and maintenance services on two naval ships to enhance their operational capabilities. The contracts will support theArleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USSLaboon(DDG 58) and theWasp-class multi-p...
Taiwan's defence ministry said the ship sailed in a northerly direction through the strait and that during its transit the situation in the strait was "as normal". The U.S. Navy sails warships through the strait around once a month, and also regularly conducts similar freedom of ...
Mobile has long had a “Mardi Gras Ship” tradition with the Navy and Coast Guard, where a transiting surface warfare asset or cutter stops in and ties up downtown by the Civic Center across from Austal for the week of Mardi Gras. The crews participate in the dozen assorted local parades...
The U.S. Navy has accepted delivery of future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the Navy's next-generation of multimission surface combatants, May 20. DDG 1000 is tailored for sustained operations in the littorals and land attack, and will provide independent forward presence and ...
USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), commissioned in October 2012, was to be the last of the 62 Arleigh Burke destroyers. In April 2018, the US Navy unveiled plans to modernise the existing destroyers to extend their service by an additional ten years, increasing the projected ship service life fr...
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) transits toward Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, June 19, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Anaid Banuelos Rodriguez) A U.S. Navy ship navigated near the Venezuelan coast on Tuesday in what the U.S. military's Southern Command ca...
This increases interoperability with the US Navy when defending the seas around the Korean peninsula. It has not yet been confirmed which ship will be the first Flight III variant. Based on available information it looks like it will be either DDG 125, Jack H Lucas, or DDG 126, Louis H ...