Ingalls Shipbuilding - Ingalls Shipbuilding Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, originally established in 1938, and currently named the Ingalls Operations division of Northrop-Grumman. It is a leading producer of ships for the US Navy, and at 10,900 employees, the largest private employer in Mississippi. Ingalls is located where the Pascagoula River runs into the Gulf of Mexico. It started out building commercial ships, but in the 1950s started bidding on Navy work, winning a contract in 1957 to build 12 nuclear-powered attack submarines. Litton Industries acquired Ingalls in 1961, and in 1968 expanded its facilities to the other side of the river. Ingalls reached a high point of employment in 1977, with 25,000 workers. Ingalls also produces offshore drilling rigs and cruise ships, and has.
USS Ticonderoga - Characteristics 3 Special Characteristics General Characteristics Displacement: 34,800 tons Length: 270 meters (885 feet) Beam: 45 meters (147.5 feet) Draft: 8.7 meters (28.5 feet) Speed: 33 knots Armament: 12 5"/38, 18x4 40mm, 60 20mm, 103 planes Complement: 3,448 Geared turbine engines, 4 screws, 150,000 shaft hp Built at Newport News Shipbuilding and commissioned 8 May 1944 Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 16 November 1973 Sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 September 1975 USS Ticonderoga (DDG/CG-47), fifth to bear the name, is a guided-missile cruiser, homeported in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The "Tico" is the lead ship of her class. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding 22 September 1978. Her keel was laid down 21 January 1980, she was launched 25 April 1981, delivered.
USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) - Ship Systems on March 6, 1998, and her keel was laid down on January 14, 2002, at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Incorporated. She was launched on January 11, 2003, sponsored by Michelle Punana Chung-Hoon, of Honolulu, Hawaii, Gordon Chung-Hoon's niece, and will be commissioned in 2004. General Characteristics Length: 511 feet overall, 471 feet waterline Beam: 66 feet extreme, 59 feet waterline Draft: 33 feet maximum, 22 feet limit Displacement: 6600 tons light, 8344 tons full, 1744 tons dead Number of Propellers: 2 Propulsion Type: Gas Turbines Accommodations: 32 officers, 348 enlisted.
USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) - of the sloop Kearsarge, of American Civil War fame. Her keel was laid down on 9 February 1990 at Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on 26 March 1992, christened on 16 May 1992, and commissioned on 16 October 1993. Kearsarge is fully capable of amphibious assault, advance force and special purpose operations, as well as non-combatant evacuation and other humanitarian missions. Since her commissioning, she has performed these missions the world over, including evacuating non-combatants from Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 31 May 1997 and rescuing Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady from Serb-controlled territory in Bosnia on 8 June 1995. Additionally, Kearsarge is fully equipped with state of the art command and control (C4I) systems for flagship command duty, and her medical facilities are second in capability only.
USS Cole (DDG-67) - a machine gunner killed in action on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945. She was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding and delivered to the Navy on 11 March 1996. On 12 October 2000, Cole was attacked from a small inflatable boat by suicide bombers. Seventeen sailors were killed and 39 were injured. The U.S. government offered a reward of up to US$5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of those persons who committed or aided in the attack on the Cole. On 4 November 2002, Ali Qaed Sinan al-Harthi, who is believed to have planned the attack, was killed by the CIA using an AGM-114 Hellfire missile launched from a RQ-1 Predator unmanned drone. Cole was returned to the United States aboard the Norwegian heavy transport ship MV Blue.
USS Mustin (DDG-89) - honor of the Mustin family. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding on 6 March 1998. Her keel was laid down on 15 January 2001, she was launched on 12 December 2001, and commissioned July 26, 2003. General Characteristics Overall Length: 511 feet Waterline Length: 471 feet Extreme Beam: 66 feet Waterline Beam: 59 feet Maximum Navigational Draft: 33 feet Draft Limit: 22 feet Light Displacement: 6600 tons Full Displacement: 8344 tons Dead Weight: 1744 tons Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure. Number of Propellers: 2 Propulsion Type: Gas Turbines Accommodations: Officers: 32 Enlisted: 348 Armament: Missiles: Standard surface-to-air missiles and Tomahawk cruise missiles from forward and aft vertical launching systems Close-In Weapons Systems: two Phalanx Antiship: Harpoon missiles Torpedoes: two launchers Gun: one five-inch gun Another destroyer.
USS Tarawa (LHA-1) - "Eagle of the Sea", is a United States Navy amphibious assault ship, the lead ship of her class. She was laid down in November 1972 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, launched on 1 December 1973, sponsored by Audrey B. Cushman, the wife of General Thomas J. Cushman, former Commandant of the Marine Corps; and commissioned on 29 May 1976, Capt. James H. Morris in command. Tarawa is the first of five ships in a new class of general-purpose amphibious assault ships and combines in one ship type the functions previously performed by four different types: the amphibious assault ship (LPH), the amphibious transport dock (LPD), the amphibious cargo ship (LKA), and the dock landing ship (LSD). She is capable of landing elements of a Marine Corps battalion landing.
USS Dace (SSN-607) - small North American fresh-water fishes of the carp family. Dace was laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding Company, Pascagoula, Mississippi on 6 June 1960; launched 18 August 1962, sponsored by Betty Ford; and commissioned 4 April 1964, Commander John A. Walsh in command. Dace was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register 2 December 1988. Another submarine bore this name; see USS Dace (SS-247)..
USS Port Royal (CG-73) - constructed in the 20th century, and the first cruiser to integrate women into the crew. The ship was laid down 18 October 1991 by Ingalls Shipbuilding at Pascagoula, Mississippi, launched 20 November 1992, christened by Susan G. Baker (wife of James A. Baker III, chief of staff to President Bush), and formally commissioned 9 July 1994 at Savannah, Georgia. The Port Royal deployed in 1996 as part of the Nimitz (CVN-68) battle group. Her second deployment, January 2000, was with the John C. Stennis (CVN-74) battle group, participating in Operation Southern Watch and returning in June for drydock repairs and upgrades. Port Royal departed Pearl Harbor 17 November 2001 to rejoin the Stennis battle group. (where is the ship now??) External Links Port Royal (CG-73) homepage See USS Port Royal for.
USS Boxer (LHD-4) - (LHD-4) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. Boxer was constructed at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, launched 13 August 1993, and commissioned 11 February 1995. She immediately left for San Diego, California via the Panama Canal, but although designed to fit the canal, her bridge wing and other smaller components were sheared off in the transit. After minor repairs and system checkout, Boxer deployed to the Western Pacific 24 March 1997 to 24 September 1997, along with Ogden and Fort Fisher, and visited many foreign ports of call. Boxer also participated in RIMPAC the following year, then on 5 December 1998 deployed again to the Western Pacific. In 2003, Boxer was in the Persian Gulf..
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) - Richard (a.k.a. Revolutionary Gator) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship currently homeported in San Diego, California. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding on December 11, 1992, and her keel was laid down on April 18, 1995. She was launched on March 14, 1997, delivered to the Navy on May 12, 1998, and commissioned on August 15, 1998. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Mission 2 General Characteristics 3 Armament 4 Deployments 5 Unit Awards 6 The Bonhomme Richard Name 7 External Link Mission The primary mission of USS Bonhomme Richard is to embark, deploy and land elements of a Marine landing force in amphibious assualt operations by helicopter, landing craft, and amphibious vehicle. General Characteristics Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss. Length: 844 feet (253.2 meters) overall, 778 feet.
USS Cleveland (LPD-7) - class of amphibious transport dock, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the capital of Ohio. Her keel was laid down at Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on 7 May 1966, and was commissioned on 21 April 1967 at Norfolk, Virginia. After commissioning, Cleveland changed homeport to San Diego, California, to become a member of the Pacific Fleet Amphibious Forces. Cleveland has divided her time between operations in the Eastern Pacific and extended deployments to the Western Pacific. Cleveland is normally assigned as part of an Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) and, with her embarked Marines and other forces, has performed a wide variety of missions. Cleveland first saw action during the Tet Offensive in 1967. After the Vietnam War cease-fire in January.
USS Dubuque (LPD-8) - of the United States Navy to be named for the city in Iowa. Her keel was laid down on 25 January 1965 by Ingalls Shipbuilding. She was launched on 6 August 1966 and commissioned on 1 September 1967 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. In November 1967, the ship arrived at its first homeport of San Diego, California after transiting the Panama Canal. From 1968 until 1975, Dubuque made five Western Pacific deployments that saw extensive duty in Vietnam. In a highly publicized event in October 1968, the ship returned 14 repatriated prisoner of war to North Vietnam. From 1969 until 1971 the ship conducted ten "Keystone Cardinal'' troop lifts to Okinawa as part of the "Vietnamization" of the war. From February to June of 1973 the ship operated helicopters.
USS Blueback (SS-581) - was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for a type of salmon. Her keel was laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi on 15 April 1957. She was launched on 16 May 1959 sponsored by Mrs. Kenmore McManes, wife of Rear Admiral McManes, and commissioned on 15 October 1959, the last non-nuclear submarine to join the United States Navy. 31 years of operational history goes here. Blueback was decommissioned on 1 October 1990 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet in Bremerton, Washington. She was struck from the Naval Register on 30 October 1990. In February 1994 the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry towed her to Portland, Oregon, where she became part of the museum. See USS Blueback for other ships of.
USS Tunny (SSN-682) - oceanic fishes resembling the mackerel. Her keel was laid down on 22 May 1970 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Systems Incorporated. She was launched on 10 June 1972 sponsored by Mrs. Lola Aiken, and commissioned on 26 January 1974 at Charleston, South Carolina, with Commander Dennis Y. Sloan in command. Tunny remained at Charleston, her home port, until March when she moved to Groton, Connecticut, for two weeks of in-port training at the submarine base. Between March and June, she conducted shakedown training in the West Indies and along the east coast. From June to August, the nuclear-powered submarine conducted normal operations out of Charleston before heading north to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard where she began post-shakedown overhaul on 12 August. The warship completed repairs on.
USS Pogy (SSN-647) - be named for a trout found in Lake Tahoe, California. Her keel was laid down on 5 May 1964 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey. She was launched on 3 June 1967 and sponsored by Mrs. George Wales. Then, two days later, the contract for her construction was canceled, and the submarine was towed to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and laid up. Six months later, on 7 December 1967, the contract for construction of Pogy was reassigned to Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi, and the incomplete submarine was towed to that yard on 8 January 1968 for completion. Pogy was commissioned on 15 May 1971. 28 years of operational history go here. Pogy was decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
USS Parsons (DDG-33) - down 17 June 1957 by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Passagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on 17 August 1958 sponsored by Mrs. William S. Parsons, and commissioned 29 October 1959 at Charleston, South Carolina with Commander W. R. Loomis in command. After shakedown, Parsons reported to her home port, San Diego, California, and commenced operations with the First Fleet in February 1960. In October she deployed to the Western Pacific with Seventh Fleet units. She returned to resume West Coast operations in July 1961 and entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 6 October for major improvements in her communications and ASW equipment. She then rejoined the First Fleet in extensive coastal training from January to November 1962, deployed for her second WestPac tour in November, and returned in July 1963.
USS Block Island - of Rhode Island, between it and Block Island. Block Island (CVE-8) was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi, transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 9 January 1943 and commissioned the following day as HMS Hunter. The vessel was returned to US custody 29 December 1945 and sold 17 January 1947. The first commissioned Block Island (CVE-21) went into service in March 1943, sinking U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic until herself sunk by U-549 in May 1944. The second Block Island (CVE-106) was commissioned in December 1944 and active in the closing months of the Pacific War, and periodically in use until 1954..
Tarawa class amphibious assault ship - the Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship: Builders: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss. Power Plant: Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 total shaft horsepower Length: 820 feet (249.9 meters) Beam: 106 feet (31.8 meters) Displacement: 39,400 tons (40,032 metric tons) full load Speed: 24 knots (27.6 miles per hour) Aircraft: (Actual mix depends upon mission) Nine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters Twelve CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters Six AV-8B Harrier attack planes Ships: USS Tarawa (LHA-1), San Diego, California USS Saipan (LHA-2), Norfolk, Virginia USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3), San Diego, California USS Nassau (LHA-4), Norfolk, Virginia USS Peleliu (LHA-5), San Diego, California Crew: Ships Company: 82 officers, 882 enlisted Marine Detachment 1,900 plus Armament: Two RAM launchers; two 5 inch/54 cal. MK-45 lightweight guns; two Phalanx 20 mm CIWS mount; four .50 cal..
Amphibious assault ship - warships are uniquely designed to support assault from the sea against defended positions ashore. They must be able to sail in harm's way and provide a rapid built-up of combat power ashore in the face of opposition. The United States maintains the largest and most capable amphibious force in the world. The Wasp-class are the largest amphibious ships in the world. The lead ship, USS Wasp (LHD 1), was commissioned in July 1989 in Norfolk, Virginia. Wasp Class Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss. Power Plant: Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 shaft horsepower Length: 844 feet (253.2 meters) Beam: 106 feet (31.8 meters) Displacement: Approx. 40,500 tons (41,150 metric tons) full load Speed: 20+ knots (23.5+ miles per hour) Aircraft: Assault: 42 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters Sea Control:.
