Destroyer Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) underway during trials. BIW Photo
The second Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer has left a shipyard in Maine on Friday bound for California, Naval Sea Systems Command said in a statement.
The 16,000-ton Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) sailed down the Kennebec River to the Atlantic Ocean ahead of a commissioning at Coronado, Calif. on Jan. 26, 2018.
The departure marks the end of more than eight years of Monsoor under construction at Bath. The ship conducted its...