
The Navy and HII [HII] marked the start of fabrication of the future Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sam Nunn (DDG-133) on Dec. 12. HII hosted a ceremony marking the occasion at its Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard. DDG-133 is set to be the eight Flight III vessel, which is larger than the Flight IIA variant because it focuses on accommodating the ANSPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar. The Flight III baseline variant starts on DDGs-125 and -126 then becomes…