The Coast Guard on Friday said it 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 Hamilton. The Coast Guard plans to…
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