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General Dynamics BIW Starts Building DDG-132

Tuesday, November 16th, 2021

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General Dynamics BIW Starts Building DDG-132

Artist rendering of the first Flight III DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125). (Image: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The Navy and General Dynamics’ [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW) announced the start of fabrication of another Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) Flight III destroyer, the future USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132), in a ceremony on Nov. 16. DDG-132 will be the sixth overall Flight III DDG-51, which means it will feature the new AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar to better detect and track air and missile threats. It features upgrades to the electrical and cooling capacity as well as increased space…

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