SECNAV visits HII-Pascagoula

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer at Ingalls Shipbuilding division Nov. 9. Spencer received his first tour of Ingalls since being sworn in as the 76th SECNAV in August. Spencer toured the shipyard with HII President/CEO Mike Petters, Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias, and Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant. HII has done “an amazing job of really bringing the art form of shipbuilding to a science,” Spencer said. “If the U.S. Navy has a heart, I would say the shipyards are the blood pumping through that heart.” SECNAV later visited the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7) and the amphibious transport ship Portland (LPD 27), both under construction at HII. (Source: HII 11/09/17)