PHOTO RELEASE — National Security Cutter Stone (WMSL 758) Sails Away from Ingalls Shipbuilding
December 22 2020 - 05:00PM
The U.S. Coast Guard’s newest Legend-class national security
cutter, Stone (WMSL 758), departed from Huntington Ingalls
Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division today,
sailing to its homeport in Charleston, South Carolina.
“I cannot think of a better ending to 2020 than
seeing the look of pride on the faces of our shipbuilders as Stone
sails away from our shipyard to join the Coast Guard’s cutter
fleet,” Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said. “Our
workforce has provided the Coast Guard with another
state-of-the-art, highly capable national security cutter that will
work for decades to come to ensure our nation’s maritime safety and
security.”
Stone will be commissioned in early 2021 in Charleston, which is
also home to cutters Hamilton (WMSL 753) and James (WMSL 754).
A photo accompanying this release is available at:
https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file/national-security-cutter-stone-trials.
Ingalls is the builder-of-record for the Legend-class NSC
program and has delivered nine cutters with one more under
construction and one additional under contract.
Stone is named to honor Coast Guard 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 trans-Atlantic 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.
About Huntington Ingalls Industries
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 Hinkebein(228)
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