Austal christens JHSV 5
JANUARY 12, 2015 — Austal christened USNS Trenton (JHSV 5) Saturday at its Mobile, AL, shipyard. USNS Trenton is the fifth of ten Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) that Austal is building
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Acceptance trials “clean sweep” by JHSV 1
AUGUST 30, 2012 — “I consider it a major accomplishment to be authorized by the Navy to hang a broom from the mast, a Navy tradition representing a ‘clean sweep’ of trial
Littoral Combat Ship to be named for Gabby Giffords
A Littoral Combat Ship that will be built by Austal USA, Mobile, AL, will be named for former U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords, according to an announcement by U.S. Secretary of the
Navy options two more Joint High Speed Vessels at Austal USA
The U.S. Navy has exercised contract options valued at about $313 million to fund the construction sixth and seventh Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSVs) at Austal USA, Mobile, Ala. If the Navy
BAE Systems to complete Jones Act tanker for Mid Ocean Tanker
It looks like one finished Jones Act tanker will come out of AHL Shipping’s failed plan to build three 49,000 dwt tankers in the U.S. using a “virtual shipyard” approach. Mid Ocean
Ingalls launches the future USS Jeremiah Denton
HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss.., has successfully launched future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), the third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at the shipyard. DDG
Metal Shark delivers first of two Anne Arundel FD fireboats
Jeanerette, La.-based boat builder Metal Shark has delivered the first of the two new welded-aluminum 50-foot fireboats it is building for Anne Arundel County Fire Department in Annapolis, Md. (see earlier story).
Austal USA breaks ground on new final assembly facility
Austal USA celebrated groundbreaking for the company’s newest final assembly facility last week. As we reported previously, the infrastructure expansion, to the south of the shipbuilder’s current Mobile, Ala., waterfront facility will
Silver Ships delivers first four in new coastal fast response boat series
Theodore, Ala., based Silver Ships has completed the construction and delivery of the first four coastal fast response boats (CFRBss) being built under a $6.12 million, seven-boat Naval Sea Systems Command contract
VIDEO: ECO Edison christened in New Orleans
America’s offshore wind energy supply chain marked a major milestone Saturday, when ECO Edison, the first-ever American-built, owned, and crewed offshore wind service operations vessel (SOV), was christened in the Port of