Destroyer delivered ahead of schedule

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Northrop Grumman says it delivered the 510-foot Truxtun guided missile destroyer 10 weeks ahead of schedule to the Navy. The crew is scheduled to move aboard Dec. 8. The Truxtun, DDG 103, is the 25th Aegis guided missile destroyer produced by Northrop Grumman. The Arleigh Burke class destroyer is expected to be commissioned in spring 2009. The previous DDG-51 built at Pascagoula, the USS Kidd, was delivered to the Navy on Dec. 18, 2006. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 10/30/08)