First set of builder's trial done

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — The first round of sea trials for the guided missile destroyer John Finn (DDG 113) has been completed. The Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) ship, built at Ingalls Shipbuilding, spent three days in the Gulf of Mexico testing the ship’s main propulsion system and other ship systems. The alpha trial was the first of three builder’s trials planned for John Finn, Ingalls’ 29th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The Navy is requiring three sea trials as part of the restart effort on the DDG 51 program. John Finn is the first destroyer built by Ingalls since the company delivered USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) in 2011. (Source: HII, 09/02/16)