First Flight III Destroyer Jack H. Lucas Completes Acceptance Trials, Delivery Imminent

Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) underway in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2023. HII Photo

The first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer completed its final acceptance trails ahead of delivery and commissioning into the service later this year, Naval Sea Systems Command said on Friday.

Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) returned to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., on Thursday after several days of trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Now cleared to enter service, the destroyer is expected to...

https://news.usni.org/2023/05/19/first-flight-iii-destroyer-jack-h-lucas-completes-acceptance-trials-delivery-imminent

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