PHOTO RELEASE--Huntington Ingalls Industries Christens Amphibious Assault Ship Tripoli (LHA 7)
September 16 2017 - 1:46PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding
division christened the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7)
today with approximately 2,000 guests in attendance.
Lynne Mabus, wife of former Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, is
the ship’s sponsor and officially christened Tripoli after
successfully breaking a bottle of sparkling wine across its
bow.
“I’d like to thank the shipbuilders, who, through what must be
supernatural abilities, have built something that goes beyond
anything nature could create,” Mabus said. “This ship was built by
the hands of the women and men of Huntington Ingalls, but it looks
as if it was built by the hands of the gods. She is made of 45,000
tons of steel and sweat, and she will carry on her back and in her
belly aircraft such as the Harrier, Osprey, Lightning, King
Stallion, Viper, Night Hawk. She will also be a place our sailors
and Marines will call home.”
Thomas Dee, who is currently serving as Under Secretary of the
Navy, gave the ceremony’s keynote address. “When USS Tripoli, the
newest America-class amphibious assault ship, joins the fleet,
we’ll be a stronger, more flexible and better Navy and Marine Corps
team,” he said. “The ship will be a force-multiplier, and her crew
will proudly serve our country for decades to come. I am grateful
to the men and women of Ingalls Shipbuilding for their dedication
and to the citizens of Pascagoula for their unwavering support as
we continue to make our Navy stronger.”
A photo accompanying this release is available at:
http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file?fid=59bd69372cfac2083a47492a.
Tripoli will be the third ship to bear the name that
commemorates the capture of Derna in 1805 by a small force of U.S.
Marines and approximately 370 soldiers from 11 other nations. The
battle, memorialized in the Marines’ Hymn with the line “to the
shores of Tripoli,” brought about a successful conclusion to the
combined operations of the First Barbary War.
“All Ingalls ships are built with one goal in mind: to protect
the brave men and women who protect our freedom,” said Ingalls
Shipbuilding president Brian Cuccias. “Working closely with our
Navy partner, we continue to improve on each ship we build, and
Tripoli will be no exception.”
Ingalls is currently the sole builder of large-deck amphibious
ships for the U.S. Navy. The shipyard delivered its first
amphibious assault ship, the Iwo Jima-class USS Tripoli (LPH 10),
in 1966. Ingalls has since built five Tarawa-class (LHA 1) ships,
eight Wasp-class (LHD 1) ships and the first in a new class of
ships, America (LHA 6). The third ship in the America class,
Bougainville (LHA 8), is scheduled to start construction in late
2018.
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military
shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to
partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s
Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and
Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any
other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division
provides a wide range of professional services through its Fleet
Support, Integrated Missions Solutions, Nuclear &
Environmental, and Oil & Gas groups. Headquartered in Newport
News, Virginia, HII employs nearly 37,000 people operating both
domestically and internationally. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
Contact:
Bill Glennwilliam.glenn@hii-co.com 228-935-1323
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