PHOTO RELEASE — Ingalls Shipbuilding Successfully Completes Builder’s Trials for Stone (WMSL 758)
September 14 2020 - 1:00PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding
division announced today the successful completion of builder’s sea
trials for the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest national security cutter,
Stone (WMSL 758). The ship spent three days in the Gulf of Mexico
testing propulsion and auxiliary equipment as well as various
shipboard systems.
“Every successful sea trial is a major accomplishment for our
shipbuilders, but this set proved to be a particularly substantial
undertaking,” said Jay Boyd, Ingalls’ NSC program manager. “Since
the year began, our team has persevered through every challenge.
Learning through each obstacle presented by the COVID-19 pandemic,
the NSC team has worked tirelessly to ensure the Coast Guard
receives another high performance cutter to help protect our
nation.”
In the weeks preceding NSC 9 builder’s trials, safety
precautions were put in place to minimize the potential risk of
COVID-19 to participants while at sea. The number of shipboard
riders was reduced by one-third to allow for adequate social
distancing. Those allowed onboard were tested for COVID-19 one week
prior to sail, and were screened the morning of departure. Masks
were required at all times, food services were staggered, and in
addition to the cutter’s regular cleaning regimen, each individual
received their own personal supplies to clean their way in and out
of spaces onboard the ship.
A photo accompanying this release is available at:
https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/NSC9-BT.
Ingalls has delivered eight Legend-class NSCs with two more
under construction and one additional under
contract. Stone (WMSL 758), the ninth NSC, is scheduled
for delivery later this year.
NSC 9 was named to honor Coast Guard officer Commander Elmer
“Archie” Fowler Stone, Coast Guard aviator number one, who made
history in 1919 for being one of two Coast Guard pilots in the four
man air crew who completed the first transatlantic flight in a Navy
seaplane.
The Legend-class NSC is the largest, most technologically
advanced ship in the Coast Guard’s fleet, which enables it to meet
the high demands required for maritime and homeland security, law
enforcement, marine safety, environmental protection and national
defense missions. NSCs are 418 feet long with a top speed of 28
knots, a range of 12,000 miles, an endurance of 60 days and a crew
of 120.
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 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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