Technological advances have improved the capability of modern destroyers culminating in the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51 ... The first Flight IIA, USS Oscar Austin, was commissioned in August 2000.

According to the U.S. Navy, each Arleigh Burke-class destroyer has been “built ... Carlos Del Toro officially named DDG-145 the future USS Intrepid while aboard the retired Essex-class aircraft ...

The USS Russell (DDG 59), one of the original Flight I Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, will spend its 30 th year in service undergoing a modernisation programme, to prepare the ...