U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Thursday applauded a Navy decision to buy another Arleigh Burke class destroyer with money it saves in a streamlining effort.Collins described the move as a positive step toward her ultimate goal of increasing the Navy’s procurement rate of destroyers to three per year.
Bath Iron Works is the lead shipyard in the DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class, and will be in the running along with Mississippi-based competitor Ingalls shipyard to build the additional warship.
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