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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Composite Work Continues For U.S. Navy Ships

Zumwalt (DDG-1000) classAs Northrop Grumman was preparing for the March 24 christening of the amphibious transport dock ship LPD-24 Arlington, the company also was putting together the mast for the LPD-25 using the same fabric of composite materials that not only make the LPD unique but, company officials say, represent the future of U.S. Navy shipbuilding.


And while the San Antonio-class of Navy warship masts represent a major step forward in terms of composite construction, Northrop — soon to become Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) — has continued to make vast strides in building composite topside structures for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyers and aircraft carriers, starting with the CVN 77 and further with work on the CVN 78 Ford-class vessels.

“The LPD was futuristic,” says Karrie Trauth, Northrop program manager for the DDG 1000. With the DDG 1000 Zumwalt destroyers, she says, the future has become now.

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