Tripoli: Next Ingalls LHA

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced May 30 that the next “big-deck” amphibious ship will be named USS Tripoli (LHA 7). It will be built at Huntington Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. Mabus’ wife, Lynne, will be the ship’s sponsor. "I feel especially glad to be the sponsor," said Mrs. Mabus, "because of so many things that are close to my family and my heart." Mrs. Mabus’ grandfather worked for decades at Ingalls; and her grandmother was a “real life ‘Rosie the Riveter’ during World War II." SECNAV Mabus is a former Mississippi governor. (Source: Navy News Service, 06/02/14)