Bath Iron Works provides lead yard services for the DDG 51-class guided missile destroyers Author: Beth Brogan (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 10:44 AM EDT June 9, 2021 Updated: 10:44 AM EDT June 9, 2021
BATH, Maine The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works a $55.1 million contract modification to a previously awarded contract to provide lead yard services for the DDG 51 (Arleigh Burke) class destroyer program.
The work will be completed by June 2022, according to the award issued by the Naval Sea Systems Command.
The award comes amid concern expressed by Maine s Congressional delegation that U.S President Joe Biden s Fiscal Year 2022 budget proposal reduces the number of DDG 51 Flight III destroyers from one to two.
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