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Posted by Ralph Wood on July 25, 2026, 6:39:46, in reply to "Re: 3 ships have the cheeks now"
An older 2025 article which, hopefully, explains it:
https://news.usni.org/2025/01/16/navy-identifies-first-destroyer-to-receive-full-set-of-ddg-mod-2-0-upgrades
Darren may well have more current news. He follows things better, and usually has better sources.
As far as visually, SPY-6 is a "classic" hexagon. Once you've studied them in comparison to SPY-1, you can see which ships have it.
Chung Hoon and Williams do not:
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/06/u-s-navy-accepts-two-modernized-destroyers-ahead-of-schedule/
SPY-6 vs. SPY-1:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/znl13w/anspy6_vs_anspy1_radar_2337862/ 
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Thank you very much for the list of the ships!
Is it somehow possible to see, if that is a full DDG 2.0 update including SPY-6 or only the SEWIP III modernisation including the cheecks?
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