Destroyer passes tests

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Northrop Grumman officials say the 510-foot Truxtun, DDG 103, went through acceptance trial in the Gulf of Mexico last week and passed. The Navy is scheduled to accept delivery Oct. 24, and the crew will move aboard Dec. 8. The ship will be commissioned in the spring. The Truxtun is the 25th Aegis guided-missile destroyer built by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. (Source: The Mississippi Press, 10/08/08)