The future USS Patrick Gallagher, which the Navy calls the final ship built in the Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA configuration, reached her Norfolk homeport for the first time on Oct. 13

DDG 127 is in Norfolk. The future USS Patrick Gallagher, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, her home port, for the first time on Oct. 13, after her crew sailed her down from General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, according to Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic.

She also closes out a version of the design. The Navy describes her as the final ship built in the class’s Flight IIA configuration, and the program has moved on to Flight III ships. She has not yet been commissioned, which is why the Navy still calls her the “future” USS Patrick Gallagher…

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