US Navy to modernize its guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82)

News, US January 15, 2023 , by IRIA No Comments

U.S. Navy awarded BAE Systems a $119.2 million contract to perform major modernization work aboard its Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82).

The USS Lassen will be dry-docked at BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair facility for seven months under the depot maintenance period availability contract awarded by the U.S. Navy.

The BAE Systems will perform underwater hull preservation work, recondition the ship’s engineering spaces, upgrade its command and control equipment, and refurbish the crew’s living spaces.

According to BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair’s general manager Tim Spratto, “The modernization work we will perform on the USS Lassen is a major project for our team and industry partners, and builds upon our recent DMP work aboard two other ships.”

Tim Spratto highlighted that the BAE Systems’ modernization work will usher the USS Lassen “into a higher phase of capability” in the U.S. Navy fleet.

USS Lassen (DDG-82) is the 32nd ship of the Arleigh Burke class. The 9,200 tons ship can be equipped with surface-to-air missiles, anti-ballistic missiles, Tomahawk cruise missiles, SeaSparrow missiles, Standard Extended Range Active missiles, and Torpedos. The ship can also carry two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters.

*^{The USS Lassen (DDG-82) arrives at the Julia Street Cruise Terminal in New Orleans. (Image Credit: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Micah Blechner)}*

The BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair facility is located in Florida, near the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the most capable and modern facilities in the United States and can provide services and maintenance to U.S. Navy vessels, U.S. Coast Guard vessels, cruise ships, as well as research and government vessels.

The defense firm is also performing similar upgrades aboard the U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) at its Jacksonville shipyard.

BAE Systems is an international defense, aerospace, and security company that is a U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems. The company is a leading provider of ship repair, maintenance, modernization, and overhaul services for the U.S. Navy.