New Destroyer To Be Named Lyndon B. Johnson
April 17 2012
The U.S. Navy has announced the name for its third and last Zumwalt-class destroyer, reports the Dept. of Defense.
The destroyer will be named Lyndon B. Johnson after the 36th president.
Construction began on the ship less than two weeks ago at Bath Iron Works in Maine.
The ship is tentatively scheduled to be delivered in 2018, and will cost at least $3.8 billion, reported the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Paid Military Periscope subscribers can get more information on the...
Please log in to continue reading.
Not yet a subscriber? Take a free trial.
Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…
- More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
- Nearly every country's armed forces
- Militant organizations
Try Military Periscope free for seven days
Your online source for military news, weapons, and nation's armed forces worldwide
Military Periscope FEDLINK information
Service ID: UC Contract Number: LCFDL19D0065
Military Periscope is a product of GovExec.
600 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 510,
Washington DC, 20037, USA.
(+1) 202-450-3967
©Military Periscope 2022
All rights reserved. Redistribution of the content is prohibited without prior consent of Military Periscope.