Wearing welder helmets, Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and Luci Baines Johnson were assisted by shipbuilder Timothy Trask in welding signatures on a steel plate during a keel-laying at the ceremony at ...

Following up to this article, the Navy has continued its streak of not naming carriers after Democratic Presidents. LBJ now has a ship named after him, but a destroyer, rather than a carrier: The ...

BATH — The family of President Lyndon B. Johnson, joined by Maine’s congressional delegation, Bath Iron Works workers and hundreds of Mainers honored the late president’s legacy Saturday at ...

The destroyer is the first ship named for Johnson, who served as president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. "The future USS Lyndon B. Johnson will serve for decades as a reminder of ...

Lynda Bird Johnson Robb said her Texas-born father would be honored to have his name on the futuristic ship because he always looked to the future. USS Lyndon B. Johnson, a stealth warship, launched.

The U.S. Navy's future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) recently conducted builder’s trials, consisting of in-port and at-sea demonstrations that allow the shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron ...

Lyndon-B-Johnson News: US Angers China By Sailing Destroyer Through Taiwan Strait, ... USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) and USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) ...

USS Zumwalt in Yokosuka on September 26. US Navy/Seaman Darren Cordoviz The Zumwalts — Zumwalt, USS Michael Monsoor, and USS Lyndon B. Johnson, each of which cost about $8 billion — were ...

USS Zumwalt was commissioned in October of 2016, and two others have joined the Zumwalt class roster: the USS Michael Monsoor and USS Lyndon B. Johnson. Of course, ...

Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., on Aug. 4, 2022 USNI News Photo. This post was updated with a statement from HII.

The future USS Lyndon B. Johnson is the last of three stealthy destroyers in the Zumwalt class. They have wave-piercing hulls, a stealthy shape and electric propulsion.

BATH The daughters of the late President Lyndon B. Johnson traveled to Maine on Monday to celebrate a milestone in construction of a Navy destroyer bearing his name. Wearing welder helmets, Lynda ...