NORTH ISLAND, Calif. – The Pascagoula, Miss.-built USS Makin Island will be formally commissioned in a ceremony on Naval Air Station North Island Saturday. The ship arrived in San Diego in mid-September, bringing over 1,000 sailors and their families to the San Diego community. Makin Island is the final amphibious assault ship built in the LHD-1 Wasp-class, but is the first of the class built with gas turbine engines and electric drive, as well as other energy saving systems. (Source: NNS, 10/19/09)
Shipbuilding and maritime related news from the Central Gulf Coast region
Monday, October 19, 2009
Makin Island commissioning set
NORTH ISLAND, Calif. – The Pascagoula, Miss.-built USS Makin Island will be formally commissioned in a ceremony on Naval Air Station North Island Saturday. The ship arrived in San Diego in mid-September, bringing over 1,000 sailors and their families to the San Diego community. Makin Island is the final amphibious assault ship built in the LHD-1 Wasp-class, but is the first of the class built with gas turbine engines and electric drive, as well as other energy saving systems. (Source: NNS, 10/19/09)