Bath Iron Works has started building its next Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, laying out the keel for the new ship this week.

The DDG 51 vessel will feature AN/SPY-6(V)1 air and missile defence radar, offensive and defensive weapon systems.

Bath, Maine shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works announced it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy to build three DDG 51 Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. “We ...

Bath Iron Works has received another multiyear contract from the U.S. Navy to create ... workforce and invest in new production facilities, both of which will help us continue improvements in ...

Bath Iron Works was founded in 1884, and is a full-service shipyard and is the lead designer and builder of the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class of AEGIS destroyers, the most successful Navy new ship ...

Stevens, 52, said the warship provides an opportunity to build something new ... us into the next generation of ships," said Stevens, director of ground assembly at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works.

Bukaty/AP) BATH, Maine — The largest union at U.S. Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works in Maine overwhelmingly approved a new three-year ... to delays in delivering ships. The contract, which ...

A shipyard worker walks to his car at the end of the workday at Bath Iron Works in Maine. Following costly lessons after cramming too much new ... ship, it’s obviously going to make us a whole ...

The largest union at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works, overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract ... that contributed to delays in delivering ships. (AP Photo/Robert F.

BATH, Maine — The largest union at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works in Maine overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract ... to delays in delivering ships. The contract, which takes ...