Ship’s sponsor and daughter of the namesake, signs her initials onto a steel plate that will be welded within DDG 131, the future USS George M. Neal.

Ingalls lays keel of future USS George M. Neal

The keel for the future USS George M. Neal (DDG 131), a Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was ceremonially laid at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, December 15. The ship is named for

hybrid research vessel

PNNL hybrid research vessel hits the water

Seattle-based Snow & Company recently launched the 50-foot plug-in hybrid research vessel it is building for the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) into Lake Washington. The vessel, the R/V

USNS Arctic at sea

Detyens wins $8.2 million USNS Arctic contract

Detyens Shipyards Inc., Charleston, S.C., has been awarded at $8,220,997 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220524C4091) for an 82 calendar day shipyard availability for a mid-term availability of Military Sealift Command’s fleet ordnance and dry

handshake seals Australian Army landing craft MOU

Austal and Birdon in MOU on Australian Army landing craft project

Two Australian shipbuilders with significant U.S. presences chose Mobile, Ala., to announce today that they are teaming up for an Australian Army landing craft project. The two companies, Austal Ships Pty Limited

GAO report criticizes Navy crewing practices

GAO denies bid protest of waterways commerce cutter award

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has rejected a bid protest filed by Steiner Construction Company, Inc., a small business of Bayou La Batre, Alabama, against the continued performance of a contract awarded

LH8 christening shot

Ingalls Shipbuilding christens LHA 8

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division christened the U.S. Navy’s third America-class amphibious assault ship Bougainville (LHA 8), December 2. “Today is not only a day to celebrate our namesake, representatives of

T-AO class ship

MSC awards Vigor and Detyens T-AO contracts

Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, and Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., have each been awarded contracts by Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Va., for work on fleet replenishment oiler (T-AO) vessels. Vigor

USCGC Melvin Bell

Bollinger delivers 55th FRC: USCG Melvin Bell

Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the USCGC Melvin Bell to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. This is the 181st vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over

T-ATS 11 keel laying partcipants

Austal USA lays the keel for T-ATS 11

Austal USA yesterday celebrated the official start of construction on the future USNS Billy Frank, Jr., the Navy’s eleventh Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship (T-ATS 11), with a keel laying ceremony at

Conrad Industries

Conrad reports third quarter results and backlog

“We are cautiously optimistic about the future of our vessel construction segment due to recent backlog additions for repeat builds in the ferry and barge markets for repeat customers,” said Johnny Conrad,

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