Destroyer being named after former Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus
The Secretary of the Navy announced Friday that a new ship will be named after former Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus. The ship will be built at Ingalls…
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Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warship
By DAVID SHARP The U.S. Navy is transforming a costly flub into a potent weapon with the first shipborne hypersonic weapon, which is being retrofitted aboard the first of its three stealthy destroyers. The USS Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard…
Ingalls awarded contract to build additional Navy destroyer
Ingalls Shipbuilding division will build a seventh Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyer for the U.S. Navy under a $936 million contract announced Tuesday by the shipbuilder's parent company, Huntington Ingalls Industries. In 2018, Ingalls was awarded a $5.1 billion fixed-price…
Delivery ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding
This morning marked the delivery of Ingalls Shipbuilding’s 30th Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer Ralph Johnson to the U.S. Navy. News 25’s Caroline Eaker was on hand at the special ceremony. The Ralph Johnson, a guided missile destroyer, has…