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future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer for U.S. Navy was christened at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine, on October 2, 2021
Bath Iron Works has provided design and technical services for Burke-class destroyers since 1987, and will continue to perform that work under a one-year contract extension.
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.
Maine’s two largest shipyards continue to grow and evolve. Bath Iron Works recently started sea trials on the future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), the first destroyer built at the shipyard to head down the Kennebec River in two years. BIW is owned by General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD), a Reston, Va.-based defense contractor. BIW employs 6,500 people and plans to accelerate hiring in 2021, with a projected goal of bringing on another 2,650 workers as part of its goal to increase the rate of shipbuilding to two ships a year. The USS Daniel Inouye is a 510-foot-long, Arleigh Burke-class guided m...