DDG-51 destroyer Archives - Defense Daily https://www.defensedaily.com/tag/ddg-51-destroyer/ Fri, 22 May 2026 21:05:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.defensedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-dd-icon-150x150.png DDG-51 destroyer Archives - Defense Daily https://www.defensedaily.com/tag/ddg-51-destroyer/ 32 32 Senators Push Navy Against Single Destroyer Request In FY ’27 https://www.defensedaily.com/senators-push-navy-against-fy-27-single-destroyer-request/navy-usmc/ Fri, 22 May 2026 21:05:20 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1272016 The Navy and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works hosted a christening ceremony for the future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG-126) on Sept 27, the company’s first Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyer. The Flight III variant is designed to accommodate the ANSPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar. (Photo: General Dynamics)

]]> Navy Marks Progress On Flight IIA Destroyer Modernization Effort https://www.defensedaily.com/navy-marks-progress-on-flight-iia-destroyer-modernization-effort/navy-usmc/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:08:40 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1242853 The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pickney, right, and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis are underway in the Pacific Ocean in 2011. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Petty Officer 3rd Class Walter Wayman)

]]> Eastern Shipbuilding Confirms Subcontracting With HII For Destroyer Builds https://www.defensedaily.com/eastern-shipbuilding-confirms-subcontracting-with-hii-for-destroyer-builds/navy-usmc/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:20:46 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1223854 A grand block for DDG-135 arrives by barge for final integration at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division in August 2025 after being constructed, inspected and accepted at Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Nelson Facility. (Photo: Eastern Shipbuilding Group)

]]> HII Expands Ingalls DDG Outsourcing Partners, Announces Thales And Babcock Work With Remus UUV https://www.defensedaily.com/hii-expands-ingalls-ddg-outsourcing-partners-announces-thales-and-babcock-work-with-remus-uuv/navy-usmc/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:28:34 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1223236 A grand block delivery for the future USS Thad Cochran (DDG-135) destroyer at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding in August 2025, one piece of HII increasing outsourcing to improve Navy warship shipbuilding rates. (Photo: HII)

]]> Navy To Extend Life Of 12 Destroyers And Three Cruisers https://www.defensedaily.com/navy-to-extend-life-of-12-destroyers-and-three-cruisers/navy-usmc/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:53:53 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1191657 The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) transits the Suez Canal on Dec. 18, 2024 while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elexia Morelos)

]]> BAE Nabs Over $200 Million In Maintenance And Modernization Contracts For DGG and Amphib https://www.defensedaily.com/bae-nabs-over-200-million-in-maintenance-and-modernization-contracts-for-dgg-and-amphib/navy-usmc/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 20:53:44 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1189963 The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) transits the Suez Canal on Dec. 18, 2024 while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elexia Morelos)

]]> Senate Appropriators Look To Increase Navy Shipbuilding With Third Destroyer, Start Of Second SSN https://www.defensedaily.com/senate-appropriators-look-to-increase-navy-shipbuilding-with-third-destroyer-start-of-second-ssn/navy-usmc/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 21:28:01 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1182025 The first Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) undergoing sea trials. (Photo: HII)

]]> DDG-122 Completes Acceptance Trials https://www.defensedaily.com/ddg-122-completes-acceptance-trials/navy-usmc/ Tue, 28 May 2024 20:42:59 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1176536 The future USS John Basilone (DDG-122) returns from acceptance trials conducted by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works personnel in the Gulf of Maine in May 2024 for the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey. (Photo: General Dynamics)

]]> GD and HII Win Multiyear Contracts for Nine Destroyers https://www.defensedaily.com/gd-and-hii-win-multiyear-contracts-for-nine-destroyers/navy-usmc/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 19:28:57 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1148237 The first Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) undergoing sea trials. (Photo: HII)

]]> CNO: Industry Cannot Build Three Destroyers Per Year Yet https://www.defensedaily.com/cno-industry-cannot-build-three-destroyers-per-year-yet/navy-usmc/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 21:22:08 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1119347 The Huntington Ingalls Industries-built future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer undergoing builder’s trials in the Gulf of Mexico in August 2021. (Photo: HII).

]]> Navy Commissions USS Daniel Inouye https://www.defensedaily.com/navy-commissions-uss-daniel-inouye/navy-usmc/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 22:19:38 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1091430 A joint Army-Navy color guard retires the colors during the commissioning ceremony of the Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer, USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118), homeported at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on December 8, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ernesto Bonilla)

]]> Navy Accepts DDG-121 Destroyer https://www.defensedaily.com/navy-accepts-ddg-121-destroyer/navy-usmc/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:53:39 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1090538 The Huntington Ingalls Industries-built future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer undergoing builder’s trials in the Gulf of Mexico in August 2021. (Photo: HII).

]]> General Dynamics BIW Starts Building DDG-132 https://www.defensedaily.com/general-dynamics-biw-starts-building-ddg-132/navy-usmc/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 22:31:57 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1089266 ddg_flightiii

]]> Raytheon Begins Installing SPY-6 Radar On DDG-125 https://www.defensedaily.com/raytheon-begins-installing-spy-6-radar-ddg-125/navy-usmc/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:24:22 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1059758 ddg_flightiii

]]> DDG-118 Finishes Acceptance Trials https://www.defensedaily.com/ddg-118-finishes-acceptance-trials/navy-usmc/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 20:58:42 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1058734 The future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) gets underway for builder’s sea trials, sailing down the Kennebec River in Maine from General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works shipyard in December 2020. (Photo: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works).

]]> BAE Wins DDG Preble Maintenance Contract https://www.defensedaily.com/bae-wins-ddg-preble-maintenance-contract/navy-usmc/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 21:43:01 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1041454 The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG-88) transits the Indian Ocean in March 2018 while underway with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group for a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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