Technological advances have improved the capability of modern destroyers culminating in the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class replacing the older Charles F. Adams and Farragut class guided missile ...
The destroyer will be put through final equipment setup, system initiations, and rigorous evaluations before commissioning.
The first Engineering Development Model (EDM-1) was installed in the test ... The first ship of the DDG 51 class, USS Arleigh Burke, was commissioned on the Fourth of July, 1991.
Shipbuilders Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding, and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works are under contract to ...