The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, a $1.4 billion contract to build ZUMWALT (DDG 1000). The ship is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in 2014.

The ZUMWALT class of ships represents the Navy’s next generation of multi- mission surface combatants which will provide a broad range of capabilities that are vital both to supporting the global war on terror and to fighting and winning major combat operations.

Bath Iron Works designs and constructs surface combatants for the United States Navy and is the lead designer and builder of the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class of AEGIS destroyers.

DDG 1000 is the first in a class of the U.S. Navy’s multi-mission surface combatants tailored for the littoral, air and sub-surface warfare. It will operate as part of a joint maritime fleet, assisting Marine strike forces ashore.

The DDG 1000 class ship displaces approximately 14,564 tons, is 600 feet long, has a beam of 80.7 feet, a navigational draft of 27.6 feet and a ship’s crew of 142, including the aviation detachment.