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PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries' third U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter,
Stratton (WMSL 752), returned from sea after successfully completing acceptance sea trials. The ship spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico testing all systems for the Board of Inspection and Survey. INSURV evaluated Ingalls' test and trials team as it conducted extensive testing of the propulsion, electrical, damage control, anchor handling, small boat and combat systems. The 418-foot NSC is the flagship of the Coast Guard's cutter fleet, designed to replace the 378‐foot
Hamilton-class High-Endurance Cutters, which entered service during the 1960s.
Stratton is scheduled for delivery to the Coast Guard on Sept. 2. It's the third of eight planned ships in this new class of multi-mission cutters.
Bertholf and
Waesche have been commissioned and in service. The construction contract for a fourth cutter,
Hamilton, was awarded in November 2010 and construction will begin on Aug. 29. (Source:
Huntington Ingalls, 08/12/11)
