BATH (AP) — After embarrassing troubles with its latest class of surface warships, the Navy is hoping for a winner from a new destroyer that’s ready to go into the water. So far, construction of the first-in-class Zumwalt, the largest U.S. Navy destroyer ever built, is on time and on budget, something that’s a rarity […]
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BIW finishes work on first stealthy destroyer
BATH (AP) — An enormous and technology-laden warship that’s taking shape at Maine’s Bath Iron Works is due to be christened in October. The shipyard said the event will be held on Oct. 19 for the Zumwalt, first of a new class of destroyers that’s the largest ever built for the U.S. Navy. Once derided […]
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