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Saturday, October 06, 2012

Navy Bets On Arleigh Burkes To Sail Until 2072; 40 Years Afloat For Some

Arleigh Burke classTomorrow morning, at Manhattan's Pier 88, the Navy will commission its newest destroyer, DDG-112.

The USS Michael Murphy's namesake was uncompromisingly heroic, a Navy SEAL who died earning the Medal of Honor in Afghanistan.

The ship itself, however, embodies a series of cost-conscious compromises that will keep the Navy sailing a 1980s design -- albeit much upgraded --until at least 2072.

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