Ingalls starts destroyer fabrication

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Huntington Ingalls has started fabrication on the U.S. Navy's next Aegis guided missile destroyer, John Finn (DDG 113). The ship will be built at the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding division and will be the 29th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer built at Ingalls. The start of fabrication milestone signifies that 100 tons of steel have been cut for DDG 113. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are capable of simultaneously fighting air, surface and subsurface battles. (Source: Globe Newswire, 09/11/12)