HII team completes NSC’s sea trials

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced April 3 that the National Security Cutter (NSC) Midgett (WMSL 757) successfully completed acceptance trials. Midgett, the eighth Coast Guard NSC built at HII-Pascagoula, spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico proving the ship’s systems. The Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) were on board, as Ingalls’ test and trials team led sea trials and conducted extensive testing of the propulsion, electrical, damage control, anchor-handling, small-boat operations and combat systems. The team completed the sea trials with a full-power propulsion run. The trials moves Midgett one step closer to becoming another vital asset to the Coast Guard, says Derek Murphy, Ingalls’ CG program manager. HII-Pascagoula has delivered seven Legend-class NSCs; and two are under construction, including Midgett (WMSL 757), set for delivery by the end of 2019; and Stone (WMSL 758), which is scheduled for delivery in 2020. In December of 2018, Ingalls received two fixed-price incentive contracts with a combined value of $931M to build NSCs 10 and 11. (Source: HII-Pascagoula 04/03/19)