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Friday, September 02, 2011

Bath Iron Works sends newest destroyer to military service

USS Spruance, DDG-111The newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer built at Bath Iron Works cruised down the Kennebec River on Thursday to fanfare that has been uncommon in recent memory.

It has been many years since BIW installed a land-level transfer facility and dry dock that pushed into history the days when the ships slid down slanted ways from the shipyard to the water.

While BIW still holds christening ceremonies for every ship, several people at a first-of-its-kind ceremony Thursday at Maine Maritime Museum remarked that they miss the drama of 500-foot ships hitting water for the first time.

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