HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss. has launched the U.S. Navy’s third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128).
“The translation and launch are always important milestones for our shipbuilders and the life of a ship,” Ingalls Shipbuilding DDG Program Manager Ben Barnett mentioned. “Our team has put in a tremendous amount of work leading up to the launch, and I am proud to see them bring DDG 128 one step closer to completion.”
Prior to launch, DDG 128 was translated from land to the dry dock utilizing translation railcars to help the ship. Once within the dry dock, the ship is ready to launch.
Ted Stevens is the 76th Arleigh Burke-class ship, and its identify honors former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, who served as a pilot in World War II and later as a U.S. senator representing Alaska. At the time he left workplace in 2009, he was the longest serving Republican U.S. senator in historical past.
Ingalls has delivered 35 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to the U.S. Navy together with the primary Flight III, Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), in June of this yr. In addition, Ingalls Shipbuilding has 4 Flight IIIs at present below building and was awarded a further six destroyers earlier this month. Ted Stevens can be christened Saturday, Aug. 19, whereas Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), George M. Neal (DDG 131) and Sam Nunn (DDG 133) are additionally below building at Ingalls.
Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers constructed for the U.S. Navy incorporate plenty of design modifications that collectively present considerably enhanced functionality. DDG 125 consists of the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) and the Aegis Baseline 10 Combat System that’s required to maintain tempo with the threats effectively into the twenty first century. Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are extremely succesful, multi-mission ships and might conduct a wide range of operations, from peacetime presence and disaster administration to sea management and energy projection. Guided missile destroyers are the spine of the U.S. floor fleet and are able to preventing a number of air, floor and subsurface threats concurrently.
