Ingalls earns $14M Ramage pact

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $14 million base contract to perform an extended selected restricted availability on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61). With all options exercised, the total contract value would be $21.4 million. USS Ramage was originally built at Ingalls and delivered to the Navy in 1995. The overhaul includes ship alterations, repairs, testing and procurement of materials. Work is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2017. Ingalls has built and delivered 28 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to the Navy. The shipyard currently has five more under construction. (Source: Ingalls Shipbuilding 09/14/16)