Bath-built ships will be first in Navy’s fleet armed with new hypersonic missiles

U.S. Navy

Published
May 13, 2021

Bath-built ships will be first in Navy’s fleet armed with new hypersonic missiles

Bath Iron Works was chosen to build all three Zumwalt-class destroyers, the last of which is still under construction at the Bath shipyard.
Published
March 9, 2021

Navy takes ownership of latest Bath-built destroyer

The $1 billion future USS Daniel Inouye, constructed at Bath Iron Works, will head to its home port in Hawaii in several months.
Published
February 8, 2021

BIW-built destroyer sails through second sea trials as shipyard sees a production slip

The future USS Daniel Inouye is the first ship in two years to leave BIW for sea trials.
Published
November 18, 2020

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.
Published
October 26, 2020

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.

Published
July 20, 2020

Striking BIW union asks Navy to confirm shipyard’s subcontracting demands

‘We don’t feel the Navy is pushing BIW to use subcontractors, but we’re not shy, we’ll come right out and ask,’ said Tim Suitter, Local S6 spokesman.
Published
July 9, 2020

Analysts: BIW’s future depends on union, management cooperation

Loren Thompson, chief operating officer of the Virginia-based Lexington Institute, said when tension between a company and its unions becomes a chronic issue, it can slow production and increase costs for the customer, the Navy, making the shipyard less likely to win future contracts.
Published
May 7, 2020

High cost, busy schedule prevented BIW from winning Navy’s frigate contract, analysts say

With the frigate contract lost to Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri, Arleigh Burkes-class destroyers are the only type of ship Bath Iron Works will build for the next decade, save one final Zumwalt class destroyer under construction in Bath.
Published
March 15, 2020

Sen. Collins presses Navy leaders on proposed reduction of Bath-built ships

Sen. Collins said the cut is goes against the 355-ship Navy fleet goal, which the Trump administration backed and Congress made law through the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
Published
February 9, 2020

Navy requests Bath-built destroyer replace submarine in 2021 budget

The destroyer, which Bath Iron Works can compete to build, would inch the Navy closer to the Trump Administration’s 355-ship naval fleet goal, which Congress made law in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.