DDG 1000 has a 50-fold radar cross section reduction compared to current destroyers, improves strike group defense 10-fold and has 10 times the operating area in shallow water regions against mines.

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully launched the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129) on Tuesday ... eight years and was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism.

DDG 129 is named for former U.S. Sen. Jeremiah Denton Jr., a Vietnam War veteran who was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism as a prisoner of war. Following his Navy career, he was elected to the U ...