21.01.2022, 11:18
Zitat:Last Zumwalt-class Destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson Leaves Bath Iron Works Bound for Mississippihttps://news.usni.org/2022/01/13/last-zu...ississippi
The third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer pulled away from the pier at General Dynamic Bath Iron Work, Maine, on Wednesday.
Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) departed the shipyard and is in the Atlantic after traveling down the Kennebec River after completing the first of a two-part delivery scheme for the Zumwalt-class. “Last November, the Navy formally accepted completion of production and test activity from BIW for DDG 1002,” according to a statement from the yard. [...] The other ships in the class – USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) and USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) – transited from Maine to San Diego, Calif., to complete the combat system activation. [...]
Delivery of the ship to the service is expected in 2024, USNI News reported. The Zumwalt-class will be the Navy’s first platform to field hypersonic weapons by replacing one or both of the 155mm Advanced Gun System with larger cells to accommodate the missiles by 2025, USNI News has previously reported. It’s unclear which Zumwalt will first field the weapons.
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