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Navy s newest guided missile destroyer to be christened on Saturday
By (0) Sponsors of the guided missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, which will be christened on Saturday, gather around the ship s keel during an inscription ceremony. Photo courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries
April 23 (UPI) The christening of the U.S. Navy s newest destroyer on Saturday will be Mississippi s Ingalls Shipbuilding s first full-scale christening in the COVID-19 era.
The USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee will be the Navy s 73rd Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, and was built by the Huntington Ingalls Industries subsidiary in Pascagoula, Miss., the site of the ceremony.
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PASCAGOULA, Miss., April 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a fourth contract modification from the U.S. Navy for $107 million to provide long-lead-time material and advance procurement activities for amphibious assault ship LHA 9. This modification brings the total advance funding for LHA 9 to $457 million.
“The amphibious warship production line is a critical component of our nation’s defense industrial base,” Ingalls Shipbuilding President Kari Wilkinson said. “This funding will strengthen our suppliers and sustain jobs across the country in support of LHA 9 construction.”
Ingalls is the sole builder of large-deck amphibious ships for the Navy. The shipyard delivered its first amphibious assault ship, the
Huntington Ingalls Wins U.S. Navy’s Advance Procurement Contract for Amphibious Assault Ship LHA 9 Our Bureau 358
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Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Monday that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a fourth contract modification from the U.S. Navy for $107 million to provide long-lead-time material and advance procurement activities for amphibious assault ship LHA 9.
This modification brings the total advance funding for LHA 9 to $457 million.
Ingalls is the sole builder of large-deck amphibious ships for the Navy. The shipyard delivered its first amphibious assault ship, the
Iwo Jima-class USS
Tarawa-class (LHA 1) ships, eight
Wasp-class (LHD 1) ships and the first in the new