The Navy's newest DDG-51 destroyer caught fire during engine tests on May 20, causing an unknown amount of damage, according to Naval Sea Systems Command. NAVSEA spokesman Chris Johnson wrote in a statement to Inside the Navy that the DDG-111 Spruance caught fire at the Bath Iron Works shipyard during “routine propulsion gas turbine engine tests.” A subsequent “system failure” caused flames in one of the engine uptakes, commonly known as stacks. BIW spokesman Jim DeMartini said the yard,...
