Congratulations, shipbuilders!
Watch the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129) be translated and launched. Shipbuilders transferred DDG 129 from land to the dry dock using translation railcars to support the ship during the move. Once in the dry dock, the ship was floated and moved by tugboats to a pier at the shipyard.
Click here to watch DDG 129 go from water to land!
DDG 129 is named for former U.S. Sen. Jeremiah Denton, Jr., a Vietnam War veteran who was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism as a prisoner of war. Following his Navy career, he was elected to the U.S. Senate representing his home state of Alabama in 1980.
Click here to read more about the translation and launch: Ingalls successfully launched future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129)