HII-built cutter completes trials

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced Oct. 7 that the company’s sixth Coast Guard National Security Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) has successfully completed acceptance trials. Munro spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico proving the ship’s systems. The Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey was on board with Ingalls’ test and trials team, which led the sea trials and conducted extensive testing of the propulsion, electrical, damage control, anchor-handling, small boat operations and combat systems. HII-Ingalls has delivered five of eight NSC to the Coast Guard. Three are under construction, including Munro (WMSL 755), set to be delivered by year’s end; Kimball (WMSL 756) in 2018; and Midgett (WMSL 757) in 2019. (Source: HII 10/07/16)