USMC commandant visits Ingalls

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division hosted Gen. David H. Berger, commandant of the Marine Corps, on Dec. 13. Berger met with Ingalls leadership and toured the shipyard and the amphibious ships Bougainville (LHA 8) and Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) under construction. Ingalls is the sole builder of the entire San Antonio class of ships and has delivered 12 to the Navy. Three are under construction including Harrisburg (LPD 30) the first Flight II LPD and Pittsburgh (LPD 31). The shipyard is also building large-deck amphibious ships for the Navy and Marine Corps (15 Tarawa class, LHA 1-5; Wasp class, LHD 1-8; and most recently America class, LHA 6 and LHA 7). “It’s always a good day when you get to see amphibious warships being built,” said Gen. Berger. Amphibs are "critical for the Marine Corps’ ability to modernize for a potential near-peer fight while we still perform our daily crisis response missions around the globe. We need amphibs for all our missions.” Ingalls has designed, built and maintained amphibs, destroyers and cutters for the Navy, Marine Corps and the Coast Guard for nearly 85 years. (HII 12/13/22) HII Hosts Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David H. Berger at Ingalls Shipbuilding - HII