JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi Senate honored Pascagoula's Ingalls Shipbuilding Thursday on its 75th anniversary as the state's largest private employer. Sen. Brice Wiggins of Pascagoula introduced a resolution commending Ingalls on its anniversary and thanked Sen. Michael Watson of Pascagoula for putting together the resolution. Wiggins noted that Ingalls employs some 10,000 workers in Mississippi and 37,000 nationwide. (Source: Mississippi Press, 04/04/13)