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Navy’s First DDG-1000 Destroyer Leaving Shipyard

Navy’s First DDG-1000 Destroyer Leaving Shipyard
An artist rendering of the Zumwalt class destroyer DDG 1000, a new class of multi-mission U.S. Navy surface combatant ship. Photo: U.S. Navy.

The first Zumwalt-class DDG-1000 destroyer has completed its crew certification and was scheduled the afternoon of Sept. 7 to leave General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works in Maine, where it was built, according to the Navy.The stealthy, guided-missile ship will take part in at-sea training exercises and make port visits before having its commissioning ceremony Oct. 15 in Baltimore. The vessel will later head to its homeport at Naval Base San Diego.The ship is one of three Zumwalt-class destroyers that…

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