USS Laboon, pictured here operating earlier in 2024 in the Red Sea, was one of the Flight I destroyers evaluated for a life extension. (Janes/Michael Fabey) The US Navy (USN) intends to operate 12 ...
The Navy’s DDG(X) program envisages procuring a class of next-generation guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) to replace the Navy’s Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis cruisers and older Arleigh Burke (DDG-51 ...