The Navy’s newest destroyer, the Carl M. Levin, arrived at its first homeport in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Monday.
The Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided-missile destroyer (DDG 120) was christened in October 2021 at Bath Iron Works in Maine and commissioned on June 24 in Baltimore.
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Its transit to Hawaii included port calls in Newport, Rhode Island; Norfolk, Virginia; Mayport, Florida; and San Diego, according to the Navy.
Along the way the ship buttoned up a bevy of certifications and evolutions, including flight quarters, gun shoots, small boat operations and underway replenishments.
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The crew also got to spend time in Aruba before transiting the Panama Canal, and also visited Ecuador.
The Navy now has 73 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in service.
The ship is named for the late Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, a former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
“We are proud to join our comrades in the defense of Hawaii,” the ship’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Kelly Craft, said in a statement.
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