WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Announces Contract Award to Bath Iron Works for the Navy's Newest DDG-51 Destroyer * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that the U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works (BIW) the contract to build the next DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. This new ship, the DDG-149, will be named after retired Navy Hospital   more