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Navy to Christen Guided-Missile Destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson
April 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following story:

The Navy will christen its newest Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer, the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), during a 10 a.m. EST ceremony Saturday, April 27, at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine.

The third ship in the Zumwalt-class, DDG 1002 is named in honor of late President Lyndon B. Johnson, who served in office from 1963-1969, and will be the first ship to bear his n . . .

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