PASCAGOULA, Miss., May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced today the start of fabrication ofLegend-class national security cutterFriedman(WMSL 760). The start of fabrication signifies the first 100 tons of steel have been cut.
“Our workforce has invested more than a decade of effort, creativity and resolve to make theLegend-class national security cutter production line incredibly efficient and strong,” Ingalls Shipbuilding President Kari Wilkinson said. “We are pleased to achieve this milestone and will continue to look for any additional opportunity in our processes and approaches to provide the most affordable and capable ships to our customers.”
NSC 11 is named to honor Elizebeth Smith Friedman. Friedman was a code breaker during the Prohibition Era who, as a civilian, intercepted and solved coded messages from racketeers and gangs and delivered them to the Coast Guard. During World War II, she worked against German espionage communications and developed information that was critical to counterintelligence work in the Southern Hemisphere. Friedman’s work resulted in hundreds of criminal prosecutions, saved thousands of lives and laid the groundwork for the science of cryptology and the establishment of the modern day National Security Agency.
TheLegend-NSC类是海岸警卫队舰队中技术最先进的船,它使其能够满足海上和国土安全,执法,海洋安全,环境保护和国防任务所需的高度要求。NSC长418英尺,最高速度为28节,范围为12,000英里,耐力为60天,工作人员为120。
自2016年以来,Ingalls Shipbuilder Academy通过为该地区的学生提供海上行业的强大基础,帮助填补了行业技能差距。迄今为止,超过200名学生已经成功完成了该计划,迄今为止,有100多名学生接受了工作。
“We are proud that these students have successfully completed Ingalls Shipbuilder Academy and have chosen to begin their careers right here in Jackson County,” said George S. Jones, Ingalls’ vice president of operations. “We are dedicated to training, teaching and mentoring these students and we look forward to seeing them on the ships and in our shops at Ingalls Shipbuilding.”
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Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division supports national security missions around the globe with unmanned systems, defense and federal solutions, and nuclear and environmental services. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs more than 41,000 people operating both domestically and internationally. For more information, visit:
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NSC 11 Start of Fabrication
Ingalls造船者Jason Jackson开始为最新的钢制造Legend-class national security cutterFriedman(WMSL 760).Also pictured, from left, are Cmdr. Christopher Lavin, acting commanding officer, PRO Gulf Coast; Amanda Whitaker, Ingalls NSC ship integration manager; and Dianna Genton and Braxton Collins, Ingalls hull superintendents. Photo by Derek Fountain/HII
May 12, 2021