General Dynamics Starts Fabrication of Destroyer USS Quentin Walsh, DDG 132

According to information published by the U.S. Navy on November 16, 2021, the Navy and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) marked the start of fabrication for the future USS Quentin Walsh (DDG 132) with a ceremony at BIW’s Structural Fabrication Facility in East Brunswick, Maine. DDG 132 will be a DDG 51 Flight III guided-missile destroyer centered on the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar and will incorporate upgrades to the electrical power and cooling capacity plus additional associated changes to provide greatly enhanced warfighting capability to the fleet. She was announced on June 11, 2019 – The Future…