The cost of the next-generation destroyers being built at Bath Iron Works is skyrocketing.

• The cost of the next-generation destroyers being built at Bath Iron Works is skyrocketing.A new report to Congress this week found that the cost of the three Zumwalt-class destroyers has increased 43 percentsince the third and final ship in the class was procured. The first two ships cost $9.14 billion with the third anticipated at $3.73 billion, according to the Congressional Research Office. The total cost has risen by nearly $4 billion since 2009.

Leslie Manning