
This week Fincantieri Marinette Marine began construction on a new building that it will use to help build up to two new Constellation-class (FFG-62) frigates at once. “Building 34 is a key element to our Constellation-class frigate production. This will allow us to complete construction of two 500-ft. ships at the same time inside of a massive climate-controlled facility,” Dario Deste, president and CEO of Fincantieri Marine Group, said in a statement on Feb. 9. The company noted Building 34…