WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11679) on Navy DDG(X) next-generation destroyer program on Aug. 3, 2023, by naval affairs specialist Ronald O'Rourke. Here are excerpts: * * * Navy DDG(X) Next-Generation Destroyer Program: Background and Issues for Congress Introduction The Navy's DDG(X) program envisages procuring a class of next-generation guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) to replace the Navy's Ticonderoga (CG-47) cla  more

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following directive: The Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120), and its crew arrived at the ship's new home port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Aug. 7. USS Carl M. Levin is the first naval ship named in honor of Michigan's longest serving senator, the late Carl M. Levin, for his years of service as a longtime member and chairman of the Senate Armed   more