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| Press Release June 15, 2000 |
BATH, MAINE – Bath Iron Works will launch its 20th ARLEIGH BURKE Class AEGIS guided missile destroyer, McCampbell (DDG 85) on Sunday, July 2, 2000. The West Gate, located on Washington Street in Bath, will open to the general public at Noon. The ceremony will begin at 1 p.m., and the ship will launch at 2:16 p.m., slack high tide.
DDG 85 is named to honor Navy Captain David McCampbell (January 16, 1910–June 30, 1996), the Navy’s top ace with 34 confirmed aerial victories and recipient of the Medal of Honor while serving as Commander, Air Group 15, USS Essex (CV 9) during the Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19, 1944), and the Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 24, 1944).
The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright, U.S. Secretary of State, will christen the ship.
Bath Iron Works is the premier designer and builder of complex, technologically advanced naval ships. The shipyard in Bath, Maine employs approximately 7,700 people, and serves as lead designer and builder of the ARLEIGH BURKE Class AEGIS guided missile destroyer. Since the 1950's, BIW has served as lead shipyard for 10 non-nuclear surface ship classes produced by the U. S. Navy, more than any other shipyard in the United States.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 43,000 people worldwide and has annualized sales of approximately $10 billion. The company has leading market positions in shipbuilding and marine systems, land and amphibious combat systems, information systems, and business aviation.
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