HII turns over Finn to Navy

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile destroyer John Finn (DDG 113) to the Navy on the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The ship’s namesake helped shoot down Japanese warplanes during the attack, and was the first Medal of Honor recipient of WWII. The signing of turnover documents to the Navy took place at 7:38 a.m., the time of the attack on Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. Ingalls has delivered 28 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to the Navy. Other destroyers currently under construction at Ingalls include Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) and Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121). Construction of Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) is scheduled to begin in 2017. (HII 12/07/16)