PHOTO RELEASE--Huntington Ingalls Industries Delivers Guided Missile Destroyer Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) to U.S. Navy
November 15 2017 - 4:00PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding
division delivered the guided missile destroyer Ralph Johnson (DDG
114) to the U.S. Navy today with shipbuilders, ship’s force and
representatives of Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast in
attendance.
“Today’s delivery is a culmination of the hard work and
dedication of thousands of shipbuilders, industry partners, the
Navy and our Gulf Coast shipmates,” said George Nungesser, Ingalls’
DDG program manager. “It is a pleasure for our Ingalls team to
observe a well-trained crew take ownership of the ship. The
shipbuilders of Ingalls will always be watching where you go and
celebrating your successes.”
A photo accompanying this release is available at:
https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/ralph-johnson-ddg114-delivered.
The signing of the DD 250 document officially transfers custody
of the ship from HII to the Navy. Ralph Johnson is scheduled to
sail away from the shipyard in February and will be commissioned on
March 24, 2018, in Charleston, South Carolina.
“This marks an important milestone in this ship’s life with the
formal completion of construction,” said Cmdr. Jason P. Patterson,
the ship’s prospective commanding officer. “I want to thank the
shipbuilders for constructing this great ship named after a great
man. The crew can sail with confidence that this ship will bring
the fight to the enemy and take care of her team just like Ralph
did.”
DDG 114 is named to honor Pfc. Ralph Henry Johnson, who was
awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions that saved lives
during the Vietnam War. Johnson shouted a warning to his fellow
Marines and hurled himself on an explosive device, saving the life
of one Marine and preventing the enemy from penetrating his sector
of the patrol’s perimeter. Johnson died instantly. The Charleston
native had only been in Vietnam for a little more than two months
when he was killed at the age of 19.
Ingalls has now delivered 30 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to
the Navy. Other destroyers currently under construction at Ingalls
include Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) Frank
E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) and Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG
123).
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are highly capable, multi-mission
ships and can conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime
presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection,
all in support of the United States’ military strategy. The guided
missile destroyers are capable of simultaneously fighting air,
surface and subsurface battles. The ship contains myriad offensive
and defensive weapons designed to support maritime defense needs
well into 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 Mission 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 Glennwilliam.glenn@hii-co.com228-935-1323
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