PHOTO RELEASE--Huntington Ingalls Industries Launches National Security Cutter Midgett
November 22 2017 - 12:30PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding
division launched the National Security Cutter (NSC) Midgett (WMSL
757) on Wednesday. Midgett is the eighth NSC Ingalls has built for
the U.S. Coast Guard. It will be christened during a ceremony on
Dec. 9.
“As the National Security Cutter program continues to mature, we
are providing our Coast Guard customer the best ships in their
fleet,” said Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias. “Our
shipbuilders know and understand the importance of quality in
building these highly capable cutters so the men and women of the
Coast Guard can perform their important national security
missions.”
Midgett was translated via Ingalls’ rail car system to the
floating dry dock last week, and the dock was moved away from the
pier on Tuesday night. With the assistance of tugboats, Midgett
launched off the dock early Wednesday morning.
A photo accompanying this release is available at:
http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file?fid=5a15a0772cfac2469eba1ed8.
“We’ve become very good at building these ships and continue to
improve with the incorporation of lessons learned from previous
cutters,” said Derek Murphy, Ingalls’ NSC program manager. “Launch
is a much-anticipated and exciting event, but it’s still just one
step in bringing this cutter to life. Our shipbuilders are ready to
get back to work to ensure Midgett is the best NSC to date.”
The ship is named to honor John Allen Midgett, who was awarded
the Silver Cup by the U.K. Board of Trade in 1918 for the renowned
rescue of 42 British sailors aboard the British tanker Mirlo after
it was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of North
Carolina. He was also awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal by the U.S.
Coast Guard in 1924. Midgett was a senior enlisted member of the
U.S. Lifesaving Service when it merged with the U.S. Lighthouse
Service and U.S. Revenue Cutter Service to become today’s U.S.
Coast Guard.
Legend-class NSCs are the flagships of the Coast Guard’s cutter
fleet. Designed to replace the 378-foot Hamilton-class
high-endurance cutters that entered service in the 1960s, they are
418 feet long with a 54-foot beam and displace 4,500 tons with a
full load. They have a top speed of 28 knots, a range of 12,000
miles, an endurance of 60 days and a crew of 110.
NSCs are capable of meeting all maritime security mission needs
required of the high-endurance cutter. They include an aft launch
and recovery area for two rigid hull inflatable boats and a flight
deck to accommodate a range of manned and unmanned rotary wing
aircraft. The Legend class is the largest and most technologically
advanced class of cutter in the Coast Guard, with robust
capabilities for maritime homeland security, law enforcement,
marine safety, environmental protection and national defense
missions. NSCs play an important role enhancing the Coast Guard’s
operational readiness, capacity and effectiveness at a time when
the demand for their services has never been greater.
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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