Walvis Bay shipyard drydocks its first Panamax vessel

JUNE 22, 2015 — The Elgin Brown & Hamer (EBH) Namibia shipyard has docked the first Panamax size ship in its new Panamax capacity floating dry dock Namship 3. The ship that

Ingalls Shipbuilding launches John Finn (DDG 113)

MARCH 31, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Pascagoula, MS, launched the company’s 29th Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Aegis guided missile destroyer, John Finn (DDG 113), at first light

Ingalls Shipbuilding launches NSC 5

MAY 6, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Pascagoula, MS, launched the U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter James (WMSL 754) on Saturday. Ingalls’ launch process moves the ship

Electric Boat gets another $11 million for NEMMI

APRIL 4, 2014 — General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT, is being awarded an $11,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to the previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-4308) to incrementally fund previously exercised options to provide

Bay Ship dry dock is a one-time CIA asset

AUGUST 6, 2013 — Remember the “Hughes Mining Barge,” HMB-1? It is now serving at Bay Ship & Yacht’s Alameda, CA, shipyard as a covered floating dry dock. That’s a pretty peaceable

Austal launches JHSV 3

JUNE 6, 2013 — Austal USA’s Mobile, Alabama, shipyard yesterday successfully completed the launch process of the third Joint High Speed Vessel, the recently christened USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3). This 103-meter high-speed