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- Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:28:43 +0000: Study: Home prices will suffer from closing - mississippi coast shipbuilding news
NEW ORLEANS - Realtors expect home values to fall by more than 20 percent on the west bank with the closing of the Avondale Shipyard. Most think home prices across the metropolitan area will also be affected. That's according to a study by the Avondale Shipyard Research Project, a consortium of four universities. During initial interviews at the Avondale Shipyard, workers immediately started expressing concerns about housing. Last year, Northrop Grumman said it would close the 5,000-worker shipyard in 2013. The yard, which is down to 3,000 workers, is now owned by Huntington Ingalls, which was spun off from Northrop Grumman. (Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, AFL-CIO, 09/26/11) - Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:47:21 +0000: Supervisors OK Ingalls tax break - mississippi coast shipbuilding news
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls was granted 10-year exemptions Monday by Jackson County supervisors on a portion of its ad valorem taxes. The board unanimously granted two separate exemptions on some newer equipment and property at the shipyard, but the shipyard would still have to pay about 18 mills of the county’s 51.3 mills tax rate. Some tax funds must still be collected for school funds, roads and other expenses, supervisors said. (Source: Sun Herald, 09/12/11) - Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:46:46 +0000: Contract: Huntington Ingalls, $698M - mississippi coast shipbuilding news
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $697,629,899 fixed-price-incentive contract for DDG 114 construction. On June 15, 2011, Huntington Ingalls was awarded a $783,572,487 fixed-price-incentive contract for DDG 113 construction. At the time of contract award, the Navy did not release the contract award amount because it was considered source selection information. For DDG 114 construction, significant amounts of work will be performed in Pascagoula, Miss.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Walpole, Mass.; York, Pa.; Charlottesville, Va.; Erie, Pa.; and Burns Harbor, Ind. Work is expected to be completed by July 2018. This contract was procured via a limited competition between Huntington Ingalls and Bath Iron Works. In addition, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $679,600,348 fixed-price-incentive contract for DDG 115 construction. This contract includes options for DDG 116 construction valued at $665,016,688. Significant amounts of work will be performed in Bath/Brunswick, Maine; Cincinnati, Ohio; Walpole, Mass.; Brunswick, Ga.; Coatesville, Pa.; Falls Church, Va.; Indianapolis, Ind.; York, Pa.; South Portland, Maine; Charlottesville, Va.; Tulsa, Okla.; Anaheim, Calif.; and Portland, Maine. Work is expected to be completed by August 2017. This contract was procured via a limited competition between Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/26/11) - Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:44:24 +0000: Bids sought for maritime academy - mississippi coast shipbuilding news
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Jackson County is inviting companies to bid on a $20 million maritime training facility to be built on Ingalls Shipbuilding property. On Monday, the Board of Supervisors and Port Authority's Board of Commissioners passed a joint resolution to advertise bid on the shipbuilding academy. The project, funded through a Hurricane Katrina community development block grant, will help Ingalls expand its two- to four-year apprentice program to about 1,000 students, leaders have said. Construction on the 76,000-square-foot facility is expected to take 18 months. (Source: MississippiPress, 09/20/11) - Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:32:49 +0000: Navy to christen JHSV Spearhead - mississippi coast shipbuilding news
MOBILE, Ala. - The Navy will christen the Joint High Speed Vessel "Spearhead" Saturday at 10 a.m. CDT in Mobile. The 338 foot-long aluminum catamaran is being built by Austal USA. Spearhead and the nine other JHSVs under contract allow intra-theater transportation of troops, military vehicles, supplies and equipment. They can transport 600 short tons 1,200 nautical miles at an average speed of 35 knots and can operate in shallow-draft ports and waterways. JHSVs aviation flight decks can support day and night air vehicle launch and recovery operations. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama will deliver the ceremony's principal address. (Source: DoD, 09/14/11) - Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:56:12 +0000: Stratton returns from sea trials - mississippi coast shipbuilding news
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries' third U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter, Stratton (WMSL 752), returned from sea after successfully completing acceptance sea trials. The ship spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico testing all systems for the Board of Inspection and Survey. INSURV evaluated Ingalls' test and trials team as it conducted extensive testing of the propulsion, electrical, damage control, anchor handling, small boat and combat systems. The 418-foot NSC is the flagship of the Coast Guard's cutter fleet, designed to replace the 378‐foot Hamilton-class High-Endurance Cutters, which entered service during the 1960s. Stratton is scheduled for delivery to the Coast Guard on Sept. 2. It's the third of eight planned ships in this new class of multi-mission cutters. Bertholf and Waesche have been commissioned and in service. The construction contract for a fourth cutter, Hamilton, was awarded in November 2010 and construction will begin on Aug. 29. (Source: Huntington Ingalls, 08/12/11)
Huntington Ingalls photo - Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:54:31 +0000: Ingalls gets cutter contract - mississippi coast shipbuilding news
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Ingalls Shipbuilding has received a $482.8 million fixed-price-incentive-firm contract from the U.S. Coast Guard for the construction of a fifth National Security Cutter. Construction of the yet-to-be-named WMSL 754 will be done in Pascagoula facility. Ingalls has delivered the first three NSCs. Stratton (WMSL 752), the third of eight planned ships, was delivered to the Coast Guard on Sept. 2. Bertholf (WMSL 750) and Waesche (WMSL 751) have been commissioned. The start-of-fabrication milestone took place for the fourth cutter, Hamilton (WMSL 753), on Aug. 29. (Source: Huntington Ingalls via Globe Newswire, 09/09/11)
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- Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:49:21 +0000: Austal rolls out JHSV - mississippi coast shipbuilding news
MOBILE, Ala. - Austal USA rolled its first Joint High-Speed Vessel out of the shed and onto a dry dock floating in the Mobile River. The high-speed transport was floated down to BAE Systems, where it is scheduled to be put into the water Sunday. The ship, slated to be delivered to the Navy early next year, is the first in a $1.6 billion, 10-ship contract awarded to Austal in 2008. The JHSV can carry soldiers and cargo at an average speed of 40 mph. Vehicles will be able to roll off even in shallow-water ports. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 09/09/11) - Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:01:53 +0000: Austal ship to visit Pensacola - mississippi coast shipbuilding news
The USS Independence (LCS 2), the littoral combat ship built at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala., will visit Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., on Sept. 12 to conduct shipboard mission module testing over the next several weeks. Base officials say LCS 2, new generation ship with an aluminum trimaran design, will not be open for tours to the public and fishermen and boaters are reminded that a 5000-foot cordon around the ship will be enforced. (Source: Gosport, 09/09/11) - Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:26:19 +0000: USS New York to be in NYC for 9/11 - mississippi coast shipbuilding news
The amphibious transport dock ship USS New York will travel to New York City to participate in events honoring the victims and responders from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The announcement was made by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. (Source: DoD, 09/06/11) Gulf Coast note: The ship's bow as made with steel recovered from the World Trade Center. It was built by Northrop Grumman shipyard in Avondale, La. The yard is now part of Huntington Ingalls Industries.
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