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Huntington Ingalls Delivers Sixth Coast Guard NSC, Launches Seventh

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 20th, 2016

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Huntington Ingalls Delivers Sixth Coast Guard NSC, Launches Seventh

The Coast Guard National Security Cutter Munro. Photo: HII

Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Tuesday said it has launched the National Security Cutter (NSC) Kimball, the seventh Coast Guard Legend-class high endurance cutter, with the christening slated for next March.Last Friday the company delivered the sixth NSC, the Munro, which will be commissioned on April 1, 2017.Currently the Coast Guard has contracted for eight NSCs and has received funding from Congress for nine of the 418-foot vessels. Senate appropriators provided long-lead materials funding for a 10th NSC in…

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