PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding has been awarded a $76.5 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to purchase long-lead materials for the eighth National Security Cutter (NSG), Midgett (WMSL 757). Construction and delivery of Midgett would take place at the company's Pascagoula facility. The funds will be used to purchase steel, the main propulsion systems, generators, electrical switchboards and major castings. NSGs, the flagships of the Coast Guard's cutter fleet, are designed to replace the 378--foot Hamilton-class high-endurance cutters. Ingalls has delivered the first three NSGs. The fourth, Hamilton (WMSL 753), will have builder's sea trials later this summer. The fifth, James (WMSL 754), recently launched and will be christened in August, and the keel for the sixth NSC, Munro (WMSL 755), will be laid later this year. (Source: Ingalls, 06/30/14)
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