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Navy/USMC

Huntington Ingalls Starts Building DDG-128

Thursday, April 9th, 2020

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Huntington Ingalls Starts Building DDG-128

The future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer conducting builders trials in February 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding officially started fabricating the future USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer on April 6, the company said Wednesday. Start of fabrication is the signifier that the first 100 tons of steel for ship construction have been cut. Ingalls Shipbuilding is building the ship at its shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. “As we begin this important milestone in the construction of another great warship, we look forward to continuing production and carrying on the extraordinary…

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