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Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Daniel Inouye Posted On The future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) departs General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard on Feb. 3 for acceptance trials. (Photo by SUPSHIP Bath) BATH, Maine – The Navy accepted delivery of the guided missile destroyer future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) from shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works on March 8. Delivery of DDG 118 represents the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder to the Navy. Prior to delivery, the ship successfully conducted a series of at-sea and pier-side trials to demonstrate its material a...

Lawmakers advocated for increasing production of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the primary type of ship Bath Iron Works builds, to help counter China's growing fleet.

Share This: Photos: USMC, HBO, and Basilone family John Basilone is a Marine Corps legend. During the fighting on Guadalcanal in October 1942, Basilone’s actions would result in him being awarded the Medal of Honor. He was sent home to sell War Bonds but asked to be returned to the war. He was killed in action on Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945. Basilone was the only enlisted Marine during WWII to be awarded the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and the Purple Heart. Basilone was born in his parents’ home in Buffalo, NY on November 4, 1916, the sixth of 10 children. He was just two years old ...

Marines help N.J. man make this symbolic gesture at memorial to WWII war hero John Basilone Updated Jan 08, 2021; Posted Jan 08, 2021 Marine Staff Sgt. Wyatt Barr sprinkles sand from the shore of Iwo Jima in front of the John Basilone Memorial in Raritan Borough. Facebook Share Stripped of all meaning, Branchburg resident Kyle Kappmeier merely wanted to have a bottle of sand dumped onto the ground. But actions are rarely meaningless. Kappmeier said he’s been a proud supporter of the military for most of his life, developing the appreciation through stories from his grandfathers, who both ...

Why the U.S. Navy’s DDG 51 Flight III Destroyers Are Something Special The Navy has not only put as many as ten new high-tech DDG 51 Flight III destroyers on contract. While the exact size and configuration of the future U.S. Navy fleet may still be somewhat in flux as a work in progress, the service is not slowing down on efforts to add new more-capable, heavily armed warships to the fleet.  The Navy has not only put as many as ten new high-tech DDG 51 Flight III destroyers on contract, but also continues to build new Flight IIA DDG 51s as well, ships which are being equipped with a new g...