The future US Navy destroyer USS Daniel Inouye successfully completed acceptance trials after spending a day underway off the coast of Maine on Thursday, February 4. The ..
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Future US Navy destroyer Daniel Inouye completes builder’s trials
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works has completed builder’s trials of the future USS Daniel Inouye, a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The vessel honours the ..
Biden and the maritime industry: On course with a few detours
The maritime industry will find a friendly environment in Congress and at the White House as a result of last week’s elections, but it should brace for some major policy shifts as a Biden administration pushes ahead with its promised climate change agenda.
Maritime stakeholders can expect strong support in the White House for the Jones Act, which the industry considers crucial to its future as the law reserves coastwise trade for U.S. built, owned and crewed vessels. Biden included the Jones Act...
BIW set for strike?
The only members of shipbuilder Bath Iron Works’ largest union anywhere near the Bath, Me,, shipyard on Monday could well be those standing outside it on picket duty.
More than 4,300 IAM Local S6 members began voting today on a “last, best and final” offer from the employer that was unanimously rejected by the union negotiating committee. Under that offer, union members would get a 9% pay raise over three years.
The negotiating committee says the offer is subpar in wage increases, healthcare...
https://www.marinelog.com/shipyards/shipyard-news/biw-set-for-strike/
VIDEO: Guided-Missile Destroyer USS Michael Monsoor Commissions
The following is the Jan. 26, 2019 commissioning ceremony of the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Monsoor (DG-1001) in San Diego, Calif.
https://news.usni.org/2019/01/27/video-guided-missile-destroyer-uss-michael-monsoor-commissions
Spanish Frigate to Join Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group on Upcoming Deployment
The Álvaro de Bazán-class Spanish navy frigate ESPS Méndez Núñez (F-104) at Naval Station Norfolk. Méndez Núñez. U.S. Navy photo.
ARLINGTON, Va. – A Spanish frigate will deploy with USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and attached to its carrier strike group on a deployment from Naval Station Norfolk, Va. later this year.
ESPS Mendez Nunez (F-104) will join the Abraham Lincoln CSG when it reaches the Strait of Gibraltar in U.S. 6th Fleet, according to a release from the Spanish Armada. The CSG is then...
Destroyer Paul Ignatius Passes Acceptance Trials Ahead of Early 2019 Delivery
The Ingalls-built destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) launched at first light Saturday morning, Nov. 12, 2016. Ingalls Shipbuilding photo.
Guided-missile destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG-117) has completed its acceptance trials ahead of an expected early 2019 delivery to the Navy, Naval Sea System Command announced on Friday.
The Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico working through a series of demonstrations and tests for the U.S. Navy’s Board of Inspection and...
Second Zumwalt Destroyer Michael Monsoor Leaves Bath Iron Works for California
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...