Friday, May 22, 2015

Austal launches 6th JHSV

The Austal-USA shipyard launched the recently christened USNS Brunswick on May 19. It is the shipbuilder's sixth Joint High Speed Vessel under a 10-ship, $1.6 billion contract with the Navy's Military Sealift Command. It was also the second Navy ship launched from the Mobile, Ala., shipyard in a little more than three months (Jan. 10). USNS Brunswick will begin final outfitting and testing before sea trials and delivery to the by the end of 2015. (Mobile Register 05/20/15) http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2015/05/austal_usa_launches_usns_trent.html