Bath Iron Works awarded $70 million contract

Bath yard will provide services to maintain and upgrade destroyers, guided-missile frigates

Bath, Maine - Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, said Wednesday, December 5th that Bath Iron Works has won a $70 million contract to perform design and planning services for maintenance and upgrade to the Arleigh Burke line of destroyers and Perry class of guided missile frigates.

"BIW has built dozens of these ships and I can't think of a better place for the Navy to go to plan for the maintenance and modernization of these vessels," Pingree said. "This contract represents $70 million of work at the yard next year, which is important to help keep some of the best shipbuilders in the world on the job."

Bath Iron Works launched the Oliver Hazard Perry, the first ship in the Perry line of guided missile frigates, in 1975. BIW launched the Arleigh Burke, the lead ship in that class of guided missile destroyers, in 1989.

Pingree has continued to fight for funding to keep BIW building enough new Arleigh Burke class destroyers to maintain employment levels a the yard.