The future USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), a Flight III Arleigh Burke class Destroyer, has successfully completed its first two Full Ship Shock Trials. 

USS Stormes (DD-780) underway off Hampton Roads, November 13, 1968

US Navy 2 years behind on hypersonic missile installation on Zumwalt destroyers

By Michael Peck –  Jul 18, 2026, 07:45 AM The USS Zumwalt sails in the Pacific, April 2022. (MC1 Peter Burghart/US Navy) The U.S. Navy’s expensive effort to install hypersonic missiles on three Zumwalt-class destroyers is two years behind schedule, according to government auditors. In addition to problems stemming from both the destroyers and the missiles, the Navy and Army are reportedly not coordinating workContinue reading “US Navy 2 years behind on hypersonic missile installation on Zumwalt destroyers”

Navy christens Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer after Korean War hero

By Claire Barrett – Jul 14, 2026, 05:45 AM The U.S. Navy on Saturday christened the future USS George M. Neal (DDG 131), the fourth Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. William Toti, performing the duties of the under secretary of the Navy, presided over the ceremony in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Toti assumedContinue reading “Navy christens Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer after Korean War hero”

USS Meade (DD-274), circa 1919