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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

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HII Receives $482 Million Contract for Fifth National Security Cutter The Coast Guard has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $482 million contract to construct the fifth Legend-class National Security Cutter (NSC), to be named James. Construction is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2012 at HII’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., following pre-fabrication. The award closely follows delivery by HII to the Coast Guard of the third NSC, the Stratton. Last month HII began fabrication of NSC 4, the…

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