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Navy Marks Progress On Flight IIA Destroyer Modernization Effort

Navy Marks Progress On Flight IIA Destroyer Modernization Effort
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pickney, right, and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis are underway in the Pacific Ocean in 2011. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Petty Officer 3rd Class Walter Wayman)

Modernization of additional Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA destroyers are underway following the completion of the first phase of the upgrades with the initial destroyer, the USS Pinckney (DDG-91), the program manager for the Destroyer Modernization 2.0, said on Wednesday. Currently, the USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) is nearing completion of the first phase of the “split-start” modernization effort at General Dynamics’ NASSCO shipyard in Norfolk, Va., where it is “receiving integrated air and missile defense for the first time” and…

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