VIDEO RELEASE--Huntington Ingalls Industries Completes Acceptance Sea Trials on Portland (LPD 27)
August 21 2017 - 05:00PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today the
successful completion of acceptance sea trials for the amphibious
transport dock Portland (LPD 27). The San Antonio-class ship, built
at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, spent last week with the
U.S. Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV), performing
more than 200 trial events that included both in-port and underway
portions.
“These sea trials provide an opportunity to showcase the ship’s
tremendous capabilities and the build and test skills of our
shipbuilders,” Ingalls President Brian Cuccias said. “The success
of these milestones is important as we continue to remain
competitive and keep our supplier base and production lines active
in the construction of these quality amphibious warships.”
A video and photo accompanying this release are available at:
http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/portland-lpd-27-acceptance-trials.
Key demonstrations performed during acceptance trials for INSURV
by the Ingalls’ test and trials team included: the anchor-handling
demonstration, ballast/de-ballast demonstration, detect-to-engage
exercise, running the ship at full power and steering. Now Ingalls’
shipbuilders will put their final touches on the ship in
preparation for delivery this year.
“Our team puts in a lot of hard work and effort to make these
sea trials successful,” said George Jones, Ingalls’ vice president
of operations. “We get better with every LPD we build, and we look
forward to delivering a very complex and capable ship to our
sailors and Marines. As always, this success was a joint effort
between our shipbuilders, test and trials team and our partners at
Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Gulf Coast.”
Portland (LPD 27) is named for the largest city in the state of
Oregon. The state has a long history with the Navy, going back to
the construction of hundreds of World War II Liberty and Victory
ships at three Portland-area shipyards.
Ingalls has delivered 11 San Antonio-class ships to the Navy,
including John P. Murtha (LPD 26) in 2016. In June, Ingalls
received an advance procurement contract from the Navy to provide
long-lead-time material and advance construction activities for LPD
29, the 13th amphibious transport dock of the San Antonio class.
Ingalls will lay the keel of the 12th San Antonio-class ship, Fort
Lauderdale (LPD 28), this fall.
“Portland’s successful sea trial proves the dedication and
quality of work our shipbuilders continue to provide to the LPD
program,” said Steve Sloan, Ingalls’ LPD program manager. “I’m
proud of the performance of the shipbuilders and the ship during
acceptance trials, and now we will continue to work the final
fit-and-finish touches before LPD 27’s delivery this fall.”
The San Antonio class is a major part of the Navy’s 21st century
amphibious assault force. The 684-foot-long, 105-foot-wide ships
are used to embark and land Marines, their equipment and supplies
ashore via air cushion or conventional landing craft and amphibious
assault vehicles, augmented by helicopters or vertical takeoff and
landing aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey. The ships support a
Marine Air Ground Task Force across the spectrum of operations,
conducting amphibious and expeditionary missions of sea control and
power projection to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief
missions throughout the first half of the 21st century.
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
provides a wide range of professional services through its Fleet
Support, Integrated Missions Solutions, Nuclear &
Environmental, and Oil & Gas groups. Headquartered in Newport
News, Virginia, HII employs nearly 37,000 people operating both
domestically and internationally. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
Contact:
Bill Glenn
william.glenn@hii-co.com
228-935-1323
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