Navy to seek multiyear destroyer procurement to bolster Bath Iron Works shipyard

By Aidan Quigley / November 4, 2021 at 12:16 PM
The Navy will pursue a multiyear destroyer procurement which will support General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine, service Secretary Carlos Del Toro said Thursday. Del Toro, speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, said a multiyear destroyer procurement would aid both Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS. "In the case of Bath, Maine, I'm quite confident we will be seeking a multiyear procurement in the future in support of building our DDG platform...

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