WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Navy will take delivery of the destroyer in February and the ship will depart Bath later this spring. She joins the other 34 active Bath-built DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class warships in active service, the release stated on Wednesday.
There are currently three other DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class destroyers in production at Bath Iron Works: the Thomas Hudner, the Daniel Inouye and the Carl M. Levin, according to the release.
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyers carry anti-submarine capabilities, the AEGIS combat system that tracks and destroys enemy targets, a vertical launching system, two SH-60 helicopters, advanced anti-aircraft missiles and Tomahawk anti-ship and land-attack missiles, the release added.
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