Navy:
Pre-Commissioning Unit John Finn (DDG 113) successfully completed acceptance trials and returned to Pascagoula, Mississippi, Nov. 3.
Acceptance trials are the last significant milestone before delivery of the ship to the Navy later this year. During acceptance trials, the ship and its crew performed a series of demonstrations for review by the U.S. Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). These demonstrations are used by INSURV to validate the quality of construction and compliance with Navy specifications and requirements prior to delivery of the ship to the U.S. Navy.
The tests were conducted pierside and while underway to ensure successful and functional operation of all the ship’s systems including navigation, damage control, mechanical and electrical systems, combat systems, communications, and propulsion applications. Completion of the trial process is a significant milestone in delivering a critical warfighting capability to the fleet.
“This has been an extremely rigorous set of trials, and I am confident that we will deliver a highly-capable warfighting platform to our Sailors and the fleet,” said Capt. Casey Moton, DDG 51 class program manager, Program Executive Office Ships. “John Finn’s performance as the first restart ship has been exemplary, and we’re looking forward to maintaining that high quality of construction and performance as we continue to build and deliver Arleigh Burke destroyers.”
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers provide a wide range of warfighting capabilities in multi-threat air, surface, and subsurface environments. The ship’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense radar will provide increased computing power and radar upgrades that improve detection and reaction capabilities against modern air warfare threats, as well as ballistic missile defense. The Aegis Combat System will enable the ship to link radars with other ships and aircraft to provide a composite picture of the battle space, and effectively increase the theater space….
