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DDG-118 Completes Builder’s Trials

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020

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DDG-118 Completes Builder’s Trials

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).

General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works (BIW) and the U.S. Navy completed builder’s trials on the future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Daniel Inouye on Dec. 19. The company previously announced the start of the trials on Dec. 16 (Defense Daily, Dec. 18). The trials entailed a series of in-port and at-sea demonstrations, with four days at sea off the coast of Bath, Maine, allowing both the shipbuilder and the Navy to assess ship systems and readiness for delivery. “The successful completion…

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