The team of Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine has laid the keel of the future USS Beloit, the 15th littoral combat ship of the U.S. Navy's Freedom class, at a ceremony that was held in Wisconsin and marked the start of the shipbuilding project.
Read More »Lockheed, Fincantieri Marinette, Lay Keel of New Littoral Combat Ship
Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette took part in the keel laying ceremony of the 25th designated littoral combat ship in the city serving as the vessel's namesake, marking the start of construction. The future USS Marinette keel plate now contains the initials of Jennifer Granholm, former Michigan governor and the ship's sponsor, Lockheed said Wednesday.
Read More »Austal USA Authenticates Keel of 11th Spearhead-Class Expeditionary Fast Transport
Austal USA has authenticated the keel of the 11th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala. EPF 11 or the future USNS Puerto Rico is set to enter construction following the ceremony, and will be the third U.S. Navy ship to carry the island’s name, Naval Sea Systems Command …
Read More »General Dynamics Lays Keel for Arleigh Burke-Class ‘Daniel Inouye’ Ship
General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has laid the keel on the U.S. Navy‘s future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer ship that will be called USS Daniel Inouye. The ship, designated as DDG 118, is named after the former senator who earned a Medal of Honor for his U.S. Army service during World War II, …
Read More »Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri Lay Keel on USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul
Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri have performed the keel-laying for the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul littoral combat ship at latter company’s Marinette Marine site in Wisconsin. The companies are currently conducting the Freedom-class LCS’ full-rate production, having delivered five of them to the U.S. Navy, Lockheed said Thursday. During the keel-laying ceremony, Jodi Greene, the ship’s …
Read More »Huntington Ingalls Lays Keel for 32nd Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer
Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division held a keel-laying ceremony for the 32nd Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer that HII built for the U.S. Navy. The company said Wednesday the Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) is named after the first master chief petty officer of the Navy who was aboard USS Maryland during the Pearl …
Read More »Lockheed-Led Consortium Starts to Build Navy’s 13th LCS; Joe North Comments
A consortium of Lockheed Martin, Marinette Marine and Gibbs & Cox has started to design and construct a 13th Littoral Combat Ship for the U.S. Navy. A keel laying ceremony of the USS Wichita took place Monday at Marinette’s facility in Wisconsin and Kate Staples Lehrer, an author and a ship …
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