VIDEO RELEASE--Huntington Ingalls Industries Launches Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG 117)
17 November 2016 - 2:30AM
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding
division launched Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), the company’s 31st
Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile destroyer, on Saturday.
“The DDG 51 program provides our U.S. Navy customer and our
nation a series of highly advanced and capable warships,” said
Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias. “For 30 years, our
talented shipbuilders have been building these much-needed, quality
destroyers. Launching DDG 117 is an important milestone in the life
of the ship, which will continue building toward fleet readiness in
2018.”
Paul Ignatius was translated via Ingalls’ rail car system to a
floating dry dock. Once on, the dry dock was moved away from the
pier, and it was ballasted to float the ship.
A photo and video accompanying this release are available at:
http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/destroyer-paul-ignatius-ddg-117-launch.
Ingalls has delivered 28 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to the
U.S. Navy. Other destroyers currently under construction at Ingalls
include John Finn (DDG 113), Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), Delbert D.
Black (DDG 119) and Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121). Construction
on Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) is scheduled to begin in the
second quarter of 2017.
“Ingalls shipbuilders continue to partner with our Navy and
Supervisor of Shipbuilding team to conduct these evolutions in a
safe and efficient manner,” said Kari Wilkinson, Ingalls’ vice
president, program management. “This collective team put in a lot
of hard work this week, and they should be very proud of their
accomplishments.”
DDG 117 is named in honor of Ignatius, who served as Secretary
of the Navy from 1967 to 1969 and was the Assistant Secretary of
Defense during President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration.
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are capable, multi-mission ships
and can conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence
and crisis management to sea control and power projection, all in
support of the United States’ military strategy. The guided missile
destroyers are capable of simultaneously fighting air, surface and
subsurface battles. The ship contains myriad offensive and
defensive weapons designed to support maritime defense needs well
into the 21st century.
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military
shipbuilding company and a provider of engineering, manufacturing
and management services to the nuclear energy, oil and gas markets.
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.
Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs nearly 35,000
people operating both domestically and internationally. For more
information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
Contact:
Bill Glenn
william.glenn@hii-co.com
228-935-1323
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