Company officials and Maine’s senators will scrutinize the decision to award patrol cutter work to a Florida shipyard, as the community and state brace for the impact.
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Navy gives look inside futuristic Zumwalt destroyer
At $4.4 billion, the 610-foot-long warship is the most expensive destroyer built for the Navy.
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Ready for commission, Navy’s high-tech Zumwalt sails away from Bath Iron Works
The ‘stealth’ warship is on its way to Baltimore, where it will be commissioned Oct. 15 before joining the Pacific fleet.
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BIW bids adieu to Zumwalt, readies for word on Coast Guard cutters
The most technologically advanced ship ever built for the Navy leaves Bath while workers await news on a $10.5 billion Coast Guard contract that could prevent 1,000 or more layoffs.
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Zumwalt protesters plead not guilty
The group of 12 defendants intends to seek a unified trial.
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Second Zumwalt-class stealth destroyer christened at Bath Iron Works
The future USS Michael Monsoor is named after a Navy SEAL who was killed saving the lives of others in Iraq.
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At 80, shipyard skipper to step back after Zumwalt trials
Capt. Earl Walker postponed his retirement to pilot the Zumwalt before its delivery to the Navy.
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Navy assumes ownership of BIW-built Zumwalt
It’s largest and most technologically sophisticated destroyer ever built for the Navy.
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Union sues Bath Iron Works over arbitrator’s outsourcing decision
The machinists union accuses arbitrator James Cooper of siding with BIW in a contract dispute so he could secure future work with the company.
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U.S. Navy poised to take ownership of the Zumwalt
It’s the first new class of warship built at Bath Iron Works since the Arleigh Burke slid into the Kennebec River in 1989.