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Navy Announces New Small Surface Combatant
Dec. 19, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy announced today its plan to introduce a new class of smaller combatant ships, the FF(X), as a critical component of the Navy’s fleet of the future. The FF(X) will be a smaller, more agile surface...
U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Lucy Stone
Oct. 25, 2025 - San Diego, Calif. USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209), a John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, conducted integrated sea trials to assess the ship’s readiness and capability prior to acceptance trials and delivery to the Navy.
Dec. 16, 2025 - SAN DIEGO – John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209) was delivered to the Navy, Dec. 16. The delivery marks the official transfer of the ship from shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO to the...
U.S Navy to Christen Future USS Jeremiah Denton
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (June 28, 2025) — HII (NYSE: HII) christened today the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), the third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. The ship’s co-sponsors and daughters of the namesake, Madeleine Denton Doak and Mary Denton Lewis, performed the traditional bottle-breaking ceremony against the bow to formally christen the ship.
June 28, 2025 - PASCAGOULA, Miss. —The U.S. Navy will christen the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), a Flight III Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, during a ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding on Saturday, June 28, at 9:00 a.m. CDT.The...
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USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), arrives at Port Canaveral.

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (Sept. 23, 2020) The Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), arrives at Port Canaveral. The Navy will commission DDG 119, the first ship in naval history to be named Delbert D. Black, Sept. 26, 2020 in Port Canaveral. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Sarah Villegas)

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