MULTIMEDIA RELEASE — Ingalls Shipbuilding Completes East Bank Reactivation Project
June 05 2020 - 12:15PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding
division moved destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) to Pier Four on
the east bank of the Pascagoula River today, signifying the
reopening of a facility decimated in Hurricane Katrina.
The newly reactivated, 187-acre east bank features covered
construction areas to improve safety and optimize ship assembly,
expansive storage facilities and a fully restored pier where ships
will dock upon returning from sea trials. Delbert D. Black and its
crew will remain on the east bank until the ship’s sail-away date
later this year.
“This restoration and modernization project demonstrates our
commitment to continuously enhancing our shipbuilding facilities to
increase capability and ensure future growth,” Ingalls Shipbuilding
President Brian Cuccias said. “We are proud to see more of our
workforce, and our customers, moving back into the heart of the
city of Pascagoula.”
A video and photo accompanying this release are available at:
https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/ingalls-opens-east-bank.
Throughout the reactivation project, Ingalls cleared and
recycled more than 100,000 tons of concrete which was used to
construct a road base on the east bank. All of the interior and
exterior lighting on the east bank will use LED technology.
Many historical features from original east bank facilities were
salvaged and incorporated into new structures on the property,
including all of the bricks from a 1930s guard house as well as a
concrete slab into which Robert Ingalls Sr., founder of Ingalls
Shipbuilding, carved his initials.
“In reopening the east bank, we celebrate the 80-plus year
legacy of those Ingalls shipbuilders who came before us, and look
forward to continuing Ingalls’ legacy of building the finest ships
in the world for decades to come,” Cuccias said.
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, nuclear and environmental
services, and fleet sustainment. Headquartered in Newport News,
Virginia, HII employs more than 42,000 people operating both
domestically and internationally. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
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Contact:
Teckie Hinkebeinteckie.hinkebein@hii-co.com(228) 935-1323
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