(PASCAGOULA, Miss.) — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully launched the amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) on Wednesday. Richard M. McCool Jr., the 13th LPD in the San Antonio class of amphibious assault force ships, will support U.S. amphibious assault, special operations and expeditionary warfare missions through the first half of the 21st century. “The…

(LOCKPORT, La.) — Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the fast response cutter USCGC Clarence Sutphin to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. This is the 170th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 47th FRC delivered under the current program. Clarence Sutphin is the final of six FRCs to be home-ported in…

(PASCAGOULA, Miss.) — The U.S. Department of the Navy has awarded Halter Marine of Pascagoula, Miss., a fixed-price incentive-firm contract for a second U.S. Coast Guard polar security cutter (PSC), formerly known as the heavy polar icebreaker. Initial efforts under this option will target the purchase of long lead-time materials, specifically the generator sets, necessary to support production while ensuring…