BATH — The future USS Daniel Inouye, Bath Iron Works’ 37th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, left the Bath shipyard Wednesday and cruised down the Kennebec River for its first at-sea trials. More than 100 people gathered around Fort Popham, perched at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Phippsburg. Spectators waved at the $4 billion warship […]
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House approves defense bill with BIW provision despite Trump’s veto threats
The $741 billion National Defense Authorization Act, which includes an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer project for BIW, passed the lower chamber with a veto-proof majority.
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Regional musicians share talent for holiday compilation
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BIW begins work on latest destroyer
The ship, named for a Navy master chief hospital corpsman, will be the 43rd Arleigh Burke-class destroyer built by the shipyard.
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WWII-era BIW women workers among those honored with Congressional Gold Medal Act
The Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act honors women who worked for the war effort during World War II, including nearly 2,000 women who built warships at Bath Iron Works.
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BIW awarded $146M contract modification to perform ship maintenance
The Bath shipyard will be responsible for performing maintenance and update work on existing Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
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‘From Home in Bunny Slippers’ features creative work from Maine artists
BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center is publishing a book containing over 100 submissions of work from professional and amateur creators all across Maine and beyond. “From Home in Bunny Slippers: Creations from a Community in the Weirdest Year Ever” reflects the ways in which people in the region responded to the COVID-19 pandemic […]
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Southern Midcoast clerks expect record voter number of voters
Brunswick’s 11,000 absentee ballots requested this year overwhelmingly tops the 7,000 people who voted by absentee ballot in 2016, according to Fran Smith, Brunswick town clerk.
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Bath House candidate: Misrepresentations were ’embellishments’ by third party
Christina Hughes, the Republican candidate for the Maine House District 52 seat, said claims in her campaign materials were embellished by her “editor,” and accepted responsibility for not proofreading before it was distributed.
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Navy analysts: Competing shipyard’s loss isn’t BIW’s gain
Bad news for Huntington Ingalls, the only other shipyard that makes Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for the Navy, doesn’t mean the Navy will be more inclined to give BIW future contracts to build ships, according to Navy analysts.