Steel Cut On Another Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer

July 23 2015

USA

Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., has begun fabrication work on another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for the U.S. Navy.

On Tuesday, the shipyard reached the fabrication milestone for the future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119), meaning that 100 tons of steel have been cut, said a company release.

The destroyer is named after Delbert D. Black, a gunner's mate who was aboard the battleship Maryland during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He...

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