Ingalls launches NSC Munro

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched the U.S. Coast Guard's newest National Security Cutter, Munro (WMSL 755) on Saturday. Munro is the company's sixth NSC and is expected to deliver by the end of next year. Designed to replace the 378-foot Hamilton-class high-endurance cutters that entered service in the 1960s, the NSC cutters are 418 feet long with a 54-foot beam and displace 4,500 tons with a full load. They have a top speed of 28 knots, a range of 12,000 miles, an endurance of 60 days and a crew of 110. (Source: HII, 09/14/15)