The first ship in the Navy’s new class of destroyers designed for littoral operations and land attack has been launched, the Navy said Tuesday. The future USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) was launched at General Dynamics’ [GD] Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine on Monday. The floating dry dock was flooded and the destroyer was tied to a river pier in a transition that took four days, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) said. The future USS Zumwalt under construction at Bath Iron…
First Zumwalt Destroyer Launched
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