The new Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer will now be prepared for delivery to the U.S. Navy in the coming weeks.

Ingalls Shipbuilding announced Friday that the Pascagoula shipyard has successfully completed the final round of sea trials for the new Arleigh Burke -class guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128).

The ship is named in honor of former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, who served in the Senate representing Alaska from December 1968 until January 2009. At the time he left office, Stevens had served longer than any other United States Senator in the Republican Party in history.

A World War II veterans, Stevens received two Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Air Medals, and the Republic of China’s Yuan Hai medal.

According to the shipbuilder, the DDG 128, the sec

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