U.S. Navy’s Carl M. Levin Destroyer Clear’s Acceptance Trials

The U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer, the future USS Carl M Levin (DDG 120), concluded acceptance trials recently.

The two-day long trials were completed on 9 December, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works said.

As part of the trials at sea, Carl M Levin and its crew members carried out a series of demonstrations to validate the performance and capabilities of ship’s different onboard systems. The systems included mechanical and electrical systems, combat systems, propulsion applications, damage control systems as well as navigation and communications systems. 

The entire process was examined and reviewed by the US Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV).

Bath Iron Works currently has under construction the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers John Basilone (DDG 122), Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124) and Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127) as well as the Flight III configuration destroyers Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126), William Charette (DDG 130) and Quentin Walsh (DDG 132).