Last weekend, the future USS Carl M. Levin to her future element at Bath Iron Works. It was quietly docked in the Kennebec River, a good 100 kilometres north of Boston. The 9300-tonne destroyer is now being fitted out ready to soon become the 70th ship in the Arleigh-Burke-class of the Navy. Construction of the ship began in February 2019.
The Carl M. Levinis part of Flight IIA and will have SM-2 and Tomahawk missiles in 96 VLS containers as its main armament. A date for entry into service has not yet been set.
Text: mb; Photo: General Dynamics/Bath Iron Works
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