The future USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127), the US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, has left Bath Iron Works shipyard for the first time to start sea trials. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW), the ship’s builder, said the destroyer departed down the Kennebec River on 27 Apr»»»

The future USS Patrick Gallagher has entered sea trials, marking the final step before delivery and confirming the U.S. Navy’s ability to sustain Arleigh Burke-class destroyer numbers during a critical transition to more advanced Flight III ships. For the U.S. Navy, the Flight IIA Technology Insert»»»