Gulfport School District teachers receive grant from Ingalls Shipbuilding
Two teachers in the Gulfport School District are getting grant money to help enhance their programs. Meg Barnes is a career pathways teacher at Bayou View Middle…
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Ingalls announces upcoming schedule adjustments
Due to freezing temperatures, continued icy conditions, and safety concerns, facility schedules at Ingalls Shipbuilding's Pascagoula and Avondale locations are being adjusted. Ingalls asks that shipbuilders please use their judgment about their commute and make the safest decision for themselves.…
Ingalls Shipbuilding will remain suspended for all shifts Thursday
As freezing temperatures continue, operations at Ingalls Shipbuilding will remain suspended for all shifts at its Pascagoula and Avondale facilities on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Normal operations for all shifts at Pascagoula and Avondale will resume Friday, January 24, 2025.…
Ingalls Shipbuilding gives back to local organizations
Ingalls Shipbuilding hosted a holiday giving event to benefit three community organizations. The event also included plenty of holiday festivities with remarks from Ingalls Shipbuilding. The donated gifts were presented to each of…
WXXV News 25’s Everett Ganier Jr. at Ingalls Holiday Giving Event
Ingalls Shipbuilding is hosting a holiday giving event to benefit three community organizations. Those organizations are the…
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…
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Authenticates Keel of Destroyer Sam Nunn (DDG 133)
PASCAGOULA, Miss., (Nov. 22, 2024) — HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding authenticated the keel today of Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Sam Nunn (DDG 133). The ship’s name honors Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr., a former U.S. senator from Georgia and co-founder of…
Ingalls Shipbuilding President speaks at Gulf Coast Business Council Meeting
Ingalls Shipbuilding hosted this month’s Gulf Coast Business Council meeting. Ingalls Shipbuilding President Kari Wilkinson was the main speaker. Wilkinson is also the chairman of the…
Commandant of the U.S. Marines visits HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding
It was an exciting day at Ingalls Shipbuilding, one high-ranking military official stopped by the shipyard to view the progress on some special warships currently under construction.…
MSU and Ingalls begin new partnership for education benefits
Mississippi State University and Ingalls Shipbuilding entering into a partnership, allowing Ingalls employees to take advantage of education assistance benefits. Those benefits include a 10% tuition discount for…
Ingalls to build more amphibious ships
The Navy continues to order more ships that will be built right here at home in the Flagship City. Ingalls Shipbuilding announced the awarding of a contract for three new…
Ingalls Shipbuilding announces scheduling changes
In the wake of potential impact from Francine, Ingalls Shipbuilders has announced scheduling changes. At this time, first shift operations in Pascagoula will proceed as scheduled with a 6:00 a.m. start time on Wednesday. Second shift operations will end at…
Ingalls employee dies after being hit walking to work
A mother of four who was walking to work for her shift at Ingalls Shipbuilding on Wednesday morning was hit and later died. Nakia Newsome, the mother of the victim, identified her as 28-year-old Keiaja Barnes. Barnes was taken to…
Amphibious Transport Dock Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) Sails Away From Ingalls Shipbuilding
PASCAGOULA, Miss., Aug. 22, 2024 — San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) departed from HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division on Thursday, en route to its commissioning site in Pensacola, Florida. “When any of our ships…
Applications now open for HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding STEM grant awards
PASCAGOULA, Miss., June 26, 2024 — HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced today that the application period for its annual science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) grant awards are now open for the 2024-2025 academic school year and will…
Ingalls Shipbuilding hosts 12th Annual Ingalls 5K on the Causeway
Ingalls Shipbuilding hosted the 12th Annual Ingalls 5K on the Causeway! Thousands of runners raced to the finish line to help raise money and spread awareness for Special…
HII Delivers Amphibious Transport Dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) to U.S. Navy
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (April 11, 2024) — HII’s (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced today the delivery of amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) to the U.S. Navy. Richard M. McCool Jr. is the 13th San Antonio-class ship delivered…
HII hosts naval leaders at Ingalls Shipbuilding
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (March 4, 2024) — HII announced that Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Christopher Mahoney joined U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss, for a visit to the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding…
Ocean Springs Municipal Library hosting Teen Sci-Cafe
The Ocean Springs Municipal Library is hosting a Teen Sci-Cafe event featuring Ingalls Shipbuilding. This event is open to all middle and high school students and will take place on Tuesday, February 6th. The doors will open at 6:00 PM…
Bougainville Ship christened at Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding christened the Bougainville LHA8 amphibious assault ship Saturday morning. The ship’s sponsor Ellyn Dunford would break the bottle to celebrate the christening of the ship as the 44,000-ton…
Ingalls holding hiring event
Joining us today is Fatina Brave, the director of talent acquisition at Ingalls, to tell us about a hiring event coming up next weekend. The hiring event takes place September 23rd from…
Ingalls Shipbuilding awarded six destroyers in U.S. Navy multi-year contract
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (August 1, 2023) – HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a fixed-price incentive, multi-year procurement contract for the construction of six Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyers for the U.S. Navy. The contract includes options for additional DDG 51…
Fire breaks out at ship under construction at Ingalls
Firefighters at Ingalls Shipbuilding battled a fire aboard a ship under construction on Thursday night. Ingalls officials said that during second shift on Thursday evening, Ingalls fire and safety teams responded to a call from LHA 8 Bougainville for a…
Ingalls Shipbuilding hosts Pizza and Possibilities
Ingalls Shipbuilding and the Harrison County School District are cooking up new opportunities for students and those opportunities smell a lot like pizza. Ingalls and the school district partnered up…