 Posted: Tue 14:24, 19 Nov 2013 Post subject: Jim French |
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| Huntington Ingalls launches Hamilton from Mississippi
PASCAGOULA, Miss., Aug. 13 () -- Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls said it launched the Hamilton, the fourth vessel produced for the U.S. Coast Guard's National Security Cutter program.The company said it launched the Hamilton from a port in Pascagoula,[url=http://www.pachasvip.com]hollister clearance[/url], Miss. The national security cutter program is part of a fleet designed to replace a 378-foot cutter that entered into service in the 1960s.The Coast Guard awarded Ingalls with a $480 million contract in 2010 to build the Legend-class cutter. The Hamilton is the fourth in the series and is set for formal delivery to the Coast Guard next year."The NSC is a proven hull, and our Coast Guard customer is pleased with the performance of the first three ships currently operating in the fleet," Ingalls' NSC director, Jim French, said in a statement Monday. "We continue to improve across the board in the construction of these cutters and this trend should continue."Ingalls said its national security cutters are 418-foot-long vessels displacing 4,500 tons fully loaded. It can stay deployed for 60 days with a full crew of 110 and has a range of 12,000 miles.The Hamilton was launched Saturday. Keel-laying for Ingalls' fifth national security cutter, the James,[url=http://www.moncleroutleto.co.uk]moncler london[/url], took place in May. Construction is more than 30 percent complete. |
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