USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116)

Future Destroyer Daniel Inouye Begins Builder’s Trials, After Nearly Two-Year Gap In Trials For BIW Ships

The future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) conducts builder’s trials in the Kennebec River in Maine, December 2020. Bath Iron Works photo.

Bath Iron Works sent its first ship in two years down the Kennebec River for sea trials, with builder’s trials for the future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) kicking off, the shipyard announced today.

Builder’s trials are the first chance for BIW and the Navy to see the ship operating underway and to ensure all the hull, mechanical and...

https://news.usni.org/2020/12/16/future-destroyer-daniel-inouye-begins-builders-trials-after-nearly-two-year-gap-in-trials-for-biw-ships

Destroyer Thomas Hudner Set to Commission on Saturday in Boston

An artist rendering of the next Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116). The ship is named after Thomas Hudner, a Medal of Honor recipient and retired Naval aviator. US Navy illustration

The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) is scheduled to be commissioned Saturday morning in a ceremony in Boston.

Hudner will become the 66th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to join the fleet and will be homeported at the Naval...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/30/39195

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