PHOTO RELEASE -- Ingalls Shipbuilding Successfully Completes Acceptance Trials for Stone (WMSL 758)
October 02 2020 - 8:30AM
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding
division announced today the successful completion of acceptance
sea trials for the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest national security
cutter, Stone (WMSL 758). During seal trials, the ship spent two
days in the Gulf of Mexico proving its systems.
“I am very proud of the Ingalls team that conducted another
outstanding acceptance trial on our ninth national security cutter
Stone. This ship, like all of the national security cutters we have
delivered, will be capable of undertaking the most challenging
Coast Guard missions with great capability and endurance,” Ingalls
Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said. “We are proud of our
shipbuilders and the state-of-the-art design and construction of
Stone, and we look forward to the ship’s upcoming delivery.”
Ingalls has delivered eight Legend-class NSCs with two more
under construction and one additional under contract. Stone is
scheduled to deliver later this year and will be homeported in
Charleston, South Carolina.
A photo accompanying this release is available at:
https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file/nsc-9-stone-acceptance-trials
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 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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