The keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future Zumwalt-class Destroyer USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) was held at the General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard, May 23.
The Surface Maintenance Engineering Planning Program (SURFMEPP) completed its 100th Baseline Availability Work Package (BAWP), a major milestone in the Navy's continued effort to improve surface ship maintenance, 23 May.
The Navy awarded two contracts for the DDG 51 fiscal years (FY) 2013-2017 multiyear procurement (MYP) for DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers June 3.
USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) conducted the first aircraft carrier-borne end-to-end at-sea test of the Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) System, the Navy announced, June 6.
Capt. Eric A. Tapp relieved Capt. Stephen H. Kelley as commanding officer, Combat Direction Systems Activity (CDSA), Dam Neck, during a June 5 ceremony at Oceana Naval Air Station.
The Navy took delivery of the future USS Minnesota (SSN 783) from Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) June 6, 11 months early of the submarine's contract delivery date of April 2014.
The Navy successfully concluded the second and final phase of reliability testing of the littoral combat ship (LCS) remote minehunting system (RMS) off the coast of Palm Beach, Fla., enabling the service to progress toward developmental testing, the Navy announced June 20.
The Navy and Austal USA held a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Montgomery, the Navy's eighth littoral combat ship (LCS), June 25, in Mobile, Ala.
The Navy and Lockheed Martin, with Marinette Marine Corp., held a keel-laying ceremony for the future USS Little Rock, the Navy's ninth littoral combat ship (LCS), June 27, in Marinette, Wis.