USS Michael Murphy left General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard on Sept. 5 for New York City to join a commissioning ceremony on Oct. 6. The 510-foot warship is the 34th Burke-class destroyer built in Bath, Maine. She was named after the late Lt. Michael P. Murphy, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of [...]
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer that will be the future USS Michael Murphy has been delivered to, and accepted by, the United States Navy. The Navy accepted delivery on May 4 from General Dynamics, at the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. The future USS Michael Murphy is the last DDG 51-class ship to [...]
