Navy’s New ‘Stealth’ Destroyer Headed to Sea

 
The USS Zumwalt, a 600-foot destroyer built at Bath Iron Works, is scheduled to take its first voyage this week.
Onlookers of the USS Zumwalt, a 600-foot destroyer built in honor of Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. at Bath Iron Works. (2013 Press Herald)

The BIW-built Zumwalt could cruise down the Kennebec River as early as Monday for long-awaited sea trials of the lead ship in the new class of Navy destroyer.

The USS Zumwalt, a 600-foot destroyer built at Bath Iron Works, is scheduled to take its first voyage this week. 2013 Press Herald file photo

For the first time in three years, Mainers living along the southern tip of the Kennebec River could have a chance as early as Monday to see a new Navy destroyer cruise by en route to the Atlantic.

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