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To: laplata

Yes.

USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) is an Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy, the 71st overall for the class. She was commissioned on May 14, 2022

The first DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer to be built in the Flight III configuration,
the Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), was successfully launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding division, June 4, 2021 and commissioned on October 7, 2023.

The Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) was commissioned, Saturday, May 13, 2024 (in the Flight IIA configuration), and the future Ted Stevens (DDG 128), christened 19 August, 2023 and Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129) was laid down 16 August 2022—both as Flight III ships.

There are a total of 20 DDG 51 class ships under contract at both new construction shipyards.


43 posted on 06/10/2024 5:00:09 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Thank you very much.


58 posted on 06/10/2024 8:38:53 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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