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Shipbuilding Starts Fabrication on Aegis Destroyer John Finn (DDG 113) |
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Huntington
Ingalls Industries has started fabrication on the U.S. Navy's next Aegis
guided missile destroyer, John Finn (DDG 113). The ship will be built
at the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding division and will be the 29th
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer built at Ingalls.
"This is a significant day for our company and for the U.S. Navy
as Ingalls once again builds on the long legacy of surface combatant
construction with the start of fabrication on DDG 113," said Bob
Merchent, Ingalls' vice president, surface combatants and U.S. Coast
Guard programs. "We have delivered 28 of these ships to the U.S.
Navy, and our experienced and talented shipbuilders stand more than
ready to produce new quality destroyers. Through our build plans and
proven construction process, these ships will be built with the utmost
efficiency and quality. Our DDG team is ready to get to work and get
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Ingalls Shipbuilding burner specialist Roland Wilson uses an Avenger
III Plasma Cutter to cut patterns into steel, marking start of fabrication
for the Aegis guided missile destroyer John Finn (DDG 113).
(Picture: Ingalls Shipbuilding)
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The start of fabrication milestone signifies that
100 tons of steel have been cut for DDG 113. Ingalls uses state-of-the-art
robotic cutting machines to ensure the steel is cut and fabricated to
exact Navy specifications. John Finn is expected to be delivered to
the Navy in the third quarter of 2016. Ingalls also has a contract to
build a 30th destroyer, Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), with start of fabrication
scheduled for 2013.
DDG 113 is named to honor John Finn, a Medal of Honor recipient who
Adm. Chester Nimitz said displayed "magnificent courage in the
face of almost certain death" during the attack on Pearl Harbor
in 1941. Finn, a chief aviation ordnance man, used a machine gun at
the former Kanoehe Bay Naval Air Station to fire at Japanese aircraft
for two hours during the attack. He remained on duty for 18 hours despite
receiving as many as 21 wounds. He retired as a lieutenant in 1956 and
lived to be 100 before passing in 2010.
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Burke-class Aegis destroyer William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) conducts steering
and propulsion systems tests during trials in the Gulf of Mexico.
(Picture: US Navy)
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Ingalls has delivered 28 DDG 51 ships to the U.S.
Navy. The company's 28th ship, William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), was commissioned
on June 4, 2011, in Mobile, Ala. William P. Lawrence was the most complete
DDG at time of sea trials in the history of the program at Ingalls.
The highly capable, multi-mission Arleigh Burke-class destroyers can
conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis
management to sea control and power projection, all in support of the
United States' military strategy. DDGs are capable of simultaneously
fighting air, surface and subsurface battles. The ship contains myriad
offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime defense
needs well into the 21st century.
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