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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Navy Scraps DDG-1000 Zumwalt Destroyer

The decision by the U.S. Navy may affect the workload at Bath Iron Works. Senator Susan Collins says the Navy has decided to scrap its newest destroyer after the first two are built.

B.I.W. and Ingalls Shipyard in Mississippi were awarded contracts for the Zumwalt class stealth destroyer last year. Each shipyard will build one of them.

Senator Collins says Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter called her Tuesday to let her know that the top brass at the Pentagon had decided to scrap the Zumwalt after the first two are finished. Winter says the program is just too expensive.

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