Lawmaker trio tours HII ships

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division here hosted U.S. Reps. Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) and Jerry Carl (R-Ala.), who were accompanied by Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl and Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney March 2 for a meeting with Ingalls leadership and a shipyard tour that included the amphibious transport dock ship Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) and large deck amphibious assault ship Bougainville (LHA 8). Ingalls has designed, built and maintained amphibs, destroyers and cutters for 85 years. Ingalls Shipbuilding is the sole builder of the entire San Antonio class of ships and has already delivered 12 to the Navy. Three more under construction, including McCool, Harrisburg (LPD 30) - the first Flight II LPD - and Pittsburgh (LPD 31). Ingalls is also building large deck amphibs and has delivered 15 ships with ongoing construction of Bougainville and Fallujah (LHA 9), which started fabrication in December. (HII 03/02/23) https://hii.com/news/hii-hosts-congressional-delegation-and-usmc-officers-at-ingalls-shipbuilding/