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Navy Provides Zumwalt Status Updates, Final Vessel Delivering Next Year

Tuesday, May 7th, 2019

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Navy Provides Zumwalt Status Updates, Final Vessel Delivering Next Year

The future Zumwalt-class destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) was launched at the General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine on Dec. 9, 2018. (Photo: General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- On Tuesday the Navy provided status updates for the Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) destroyers, including the fabrication status of the last ship set to deliver late next year. The last vessel, the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002), is currently under construction at General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works (BIW) [GD] shipyard in Bath, Maine. Capt. Kevin Smith, DDG-1000 program manager for PMS 500, said the shipbuilder finished about 85 percent of fabrication so far during a briefing here…

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