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WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy this week took formal delivery of the destroyer USS Gravely from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Navy News Service reported.
The ship, designated DDG 107, is the 57th ship of the Arleigh Burke class and successfully completed acceptance trial in late June
The Navy said the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey tested and inspected the destroyer dockside at Pascagoula, Miss., and then conducted a 36-hour underway assessment.
The underway assessment included inspection of the vessel's main and auxiliary propulsion systems, navigation system and deck equipment.
"Though the oil spill (in the Gulf of Mexico) forced us to modify our normal trial schedule, we were still able to deliver Gravely as originally scheduled," said Capt. Pete Lyle, DDG 51 class program manager in the Navy's Program Executive Office Ships. "That is really a testament to the maturity of the class and the program's successful history of delivering ships on time and on schedule."
The USS Gravely is a multi-mission guided missile destroyer equipped with the Navy's Aegis Combat System, the world's foremost integrated naval weapon system.
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