Technological advances have improved the capability of modern destroyers culminating in the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class replacing the older Charles F. Adams and Farragut class guided missile ...

The US Navy has commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, the USS John Basilone (DDG 122) in New ...

April 28, 2023: The U.S. Navy has decided that the Burke class destroyers reaching retirement age will be refurbished one more time so they can serve another five or ten years. The first ship to ...

The Navy wants to buy its first next-generation guided missile destroyer by 2032 ... to be hammered out for replacing the trusty Arleigh Burke-class ships the service has fielded since the ...

The next two United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers – both of the Flight III – have officially been given names. USS Intrepid (DDG-145) and USS Robert Kerrey ...

U.S. Extends Life of 12 Arleigh Burke Destroyers Amid Rising China Tensions As tensions with China continue to rise, the U.S. Navy has decided to extend the life of 12 vital warships.

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro last week announced the names of two new Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyers, the future USS Robert Kerrey (DDG 146) and USS Intrepid (DDG 145 ...

The US Navy (USN) has named its latest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the DDG 146. It will be known as the USS Robert Kerrey. The vessel was named after former US Senator and naval ...

The U.S. Navy’s Flight III Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyers are facing cost increases and delays, jumping from an average of $2.1 billion per ship to $2.5 billion per hull, with even steeper ...

Yet the guns hadn't totally disappeared from the picture. The U.S. Navy's newest Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers are armed with the Mk 45 five-inch 54/62 caliber guns ...

It's no wonder that the Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer was named the USS Robert Kerrey in his honor, as Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced on Jan. 4, 2025.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Cole returned from a more than seven-month deployment Monday morning as hundreds of excited, and festive, families were ...