The destroyer's modernization period includes installation of the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missile system.
But one shipbuilding expert thinks the Navy should have guaranteed more ships in the contract to incentivize workforce and infrastructure investments.
It’s unclear what issue the ship is facing, although the Navy anticipates it will be underway again soon.
Shipyard employees extinguished a fire onboard the future Bougainville, but six people were treated for smoke inhalation.
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