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Johnson (DDG 1002) recently conducted Builder\u2019s Trials. The future USS Lyndon B. Johnson is the third and final ship in the Zumwalt-class of guided missile destroyers and will provide multi-mission offensive and defensive capabilities to the fleet. (Bath Iron Works photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company has been building Arleigh Burke destroyers since the late 1980s and added the Zumwalt destroyers to the mix in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since that time, the shipyard has experienced workforce challenges, including strikes as well as coronavirus-related issues. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2020\/08\/30\/strike-pandemic-further-delay-production-at-bath-shipyard\/?rel=related\">Lesko told local press last year<\/a> the yard was a year or more behind schedule on some of its destroyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Zumwalt destroyers, with their complex integrated power system unlike anything the Navy had built before, also ran into production delays, with the service previously expected to receive Lyndon B. 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