PASCAGOULA, Mississippi, September 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Huntington Ingalls Naval Construction Department of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) today announced the successful final touch of the builder’s sea trials for the last US Coast Guard national security ship. Stone (WMSL) 758). Shipping spent 3 days in the Gulf of Mexico testing propulsion and auxiliary equipment as well as onboard systems.
“Every successful sea test is a paramount achievement for our shipbuilders, yet this set has proven to be a key company,” said Jay Boyd, director of Ingalls’ NSC program. “Since the beginning of the year, our team has persisted in Learning through each and every impediment presented through the COVID-19 pandemic, the NSC team worked tirelessly to ensure that the Coast Guard won some other high-performance knife to help our nation.
In the weeks leading up to the nine NSC tests, protective precautions were taken to minimize the potential threat of COVID-1nine to participants at sea. The number of cyclists on board was reduced by a third to allow a good enough social distance. Legal users on board were tested for COVID-1nine a week before departure and were tested on the morning of departure. Masks were required at all times, food was staggered and, in addition to the normal cutter suppression program, each user won. their own non-public materials to cover their foreheads and leave the area aboard the ship.
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NSC nine named after coast guard officer Elmer “Archie” Fowler Stone, the coast guard’s number one aviator, who made history in nine and nine for being one of two Coast Guard pilots on the four-man team that made the first transatlantic flight. in a Navy Hydravion.
The Legend-class NSC is the largest and most technologically complex vessel in the Coast Guard fleet, meeting the main needs for maritime and security missions, law enforcement, maritime security, environmental coverage and national defense missions. The NSC is 418 feet long with a maximum speed of 28 knots, a diversity of 12,000 miles, a 60-day diversity and a 120-day team.
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