29.08.2021, 14:16
Zitat:U.S. Navy’s Third and Final Zumwalt-class Destroyer Starts Sea Trialshttps://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...ea-trials/
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works started sea trials of the Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002). It is the U.S. Navy's third and final Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer. [...] The stealth destroyer left the Bath shipyard and headed down Maine’s Kennebec River yesterday, 27 August to begin sea trials. Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) was launched in December 2018 and christened in April 2019. It is expected to be commissioned with the U.S. Navy in 2023. First ship-in-class USS Zumwalt was commissioned in October 2016 while sister ship USS Michael Monsoor was commissioned in January 2019. [...]
The third ship in the Zumwalt-class, DDG 1002 is named in honor of late President Lyndon B. Johnson, who served in office from 1963-1969, and will be the first ship to bear his name.
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