BIW-built USS Winston Churchill seizes thousands of weapons off Somalia coast
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, launched from the Bath Iron Works shipyard in 1999, seized the weapons from two stateless dhows, the U.S. Navy said
Credit: U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet
The guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81)
Author: Beth Brogan (NEWS CENTER Maine)
Published: 9:31 AM EST February 18, 2021
Updated: 9:31 AM EST February 18, 2021
BATH, Maine — A U.S. Navy destroyer built at Bath Iron Works in 1999 has seized thousands of illegal weapons off the Somalia coast.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81) boarded two stateless dhows in the Indian Ocean Feb. 11-12 as part of maritime security operations, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet said in a release.