HII launches NSC Midgett

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched the National Security Cutter (NSC) Midgett (WMSL 757) on Nov. 22 from its Pascagoula shipyard. Midgett is the eighth NSC-Ingalls built ship for the Coast Guard. It will be christened Dec. 9. Legend-class NSC are the flagships of the Coast Guard’s cutter fleet. It is designed to replace the 378-foot Hamilton-class high-endurance cutters. The Legend class is the largest and most technologically advanced class of cutter in the CG, with robust maritime homeland security capabilities, law enforcement, safety, environmental protection, and national defense missions. Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military shipbuilding company. (Source: HII 11/22/17)