USCG’s 9th national security cutter sails away from shipyard December 24, 2020, by Naida Hakirevic
The US Coast Guard’s newest Legend-class national security cutter, Stone (WMSL 758), departed from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division on 22 December, sailing to its homeport in Charleston, South Carolina.
NSC 9 sails away. Photo: HII “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,”
Brian Cuccias, Ingalls Shipbuilding President, said.
In November 2020, the newbuild was officially delivered to the coast guard after successfully completing builder’s trials.