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Austal USA Awarded $33 Million For Hurricane Katrina Repairs

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Friday, January 11th, 2008

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The Navy last month awarded Austal USA a firm-fixed-price contract for $33.7 million, the last of six contracts for infrastructure improvements to Gulf Coast shipyards in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Additionally the Navy awarded Seeman Composites, Inc., Gulfport, Miss., a similar contract for $3.2 million on Dec. 21. Austal's contract is for construction of a Modular Manufacturing Facility at Austal USA's Mobile, Ala., shipyard. Work will be performed in Mobile and is expected to be completed by…

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