BATH — Overnight Thursday into Friday morning, cranes at Bath Iron Works lifted the 900-ton deckhouse of the future USS Michael Monsoor and lowered it carefully onto the hull of the second Zumwalt-class “stealth” guided-missile destroyer built by BIW for the U.S. Navy. The 155-foot-long, 60-foot-high composite deckhouse, built by Huntington Ingalls Industries in Gulfport, […]
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Lewiston native helping to ready the next class of destroyers at BIW
BATH — Brian Carpenter figured the Navy would never send him home. After all, the son of longtime Lewiston police officer Ed Carpenter had managed to see the world and even serve in the White House. His luck ought to run out, he thought. Then new orders came. “I was like, ‘No way.’ I never thought […]
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Bath-built USS Michael Murphy leaves Pearl Harbor on first deployment
BATH — The Bath Iron Works-built guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy left its home base in Pearl Harbor on Monday on its first operational deployment. The ship is headed to the western Pacific Ocean, where it will “conduct goodwill activities with partner nations, along with various presence operations including Oceania Maritime Security Initiative,” the U.S. […]
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National union leader visits Maine to back Michaud, condemn LePage ‘right to work’ push
BATH — The president of the nation’s largest unionized labor organization came to Maine on Wednesday to boost Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud’s campaign for governor, calling the congressman “a friend of the working people, whether they’re union or not.” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka joined Michaud in two locations, first greeting workers at Bath Iron […]
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Deckhouse for stealth Zumwalt destroyer arrives at BIW
BATH (AP) — A composite deckhouse for the second Zumwalt-class destroyer has arrived at Bath Iron Works in Maine. The deckhouse and helicopter hangar built at a shipyard in Mississippi arrived by barge on Friday. The structure will house radar and sensors, along with the bridge and combat operations center. The 900-ton deckhouse will eventually […]
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Bath Iron Works lands contract potentially worth more than $100 million
BATH — Bath Iron Works has been awarded a contract potentially worth more than $100 million to provide support for the littoral combat ship program. BIW is partnering with General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Austal, CDI and Marinette Marine on the planning yard services contract to support both variants of the ship — the Freedom […]
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BIW could land contract for additional Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
BATH — The fact that the Marine Corps usually gets what it wants bodes well for Bath Iron Works’ chances of winning a contract to build another DDG-51 destroyer, a leading defense industry analyst said Monday. Naval industry analyst Jay Korman of The Avascent Group said Monday that a new amphibious transport is a priority […]
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BIW opens new training center in anticipation of 600 new hires
BATH — Bath Iron Works opened a new training center Wednesday where it plans to train 200 new employees hired so far this year and another 400 by year’s end to help build six destroyers for the U.S. Navy. Matt Wickenheiser, a spokesman for the company, said the project is part of $60 million in […]
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Bath Iron Works is awarded $57 million in Navy contracts for maintenance, engineering
BATH (AP) — Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree says Bath Iron Works has won two Navy contracts totaling more than $57 million for fleet maintenance and engineering projects. Pingree said Tuesday that half the money is for design and engineering work on the Littoral Combat Ship. The ship is designed for coastal operations such as transporting […]
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Bath Iron Works gets $57 million in Navy contracts
BATH — Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said Bath Iron Works has won two Navy contracts totaling more than $57 million for fleet maintenance and engineering projects. Pingree said Tuesday that half the money is for design and engineering work on the Littoral Combat Ship. The ship is designed for coastal operations such as transporting equipment […]