NSC to be christened

PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753), will be christened at Ingalls Shipbuilding Saturday. Hamilton is the fourth of eight planned ships in the Legend-class of technologically advanced multi-mission cutters. The ship is about 65 percent complete and will be finished in about a year and delivered to the Coast Guard in the fall of 2014. It's named after Alexander Hamilton, a Founding Father and founder of the U.S. Revenue Marine, precursor of the Coast Guard. The ship is 418 feet long, will have a crew of 120 and be homeported in Charleston, S.C. Ingalls is building two more cutters for the Coast Guard and has received a contract for another. (Sources: Sun Herald, Mississippi Press, 10/25/13)