The UNITED STATE Coast Guard‘s newest national security cutter, Calhoun (WMSL 759) has successfully completed builder’ s sea tests, HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding department introduced.
The ship– the 10th Legend- course cutter constructed by Ingalls for the Coast Guard– effectively evaluated propulsion as well as supporting devices, in addition to different ship systems, the Pascagoula,Miss shipbuilder stated.
“Every successful sea trial is a major accomplishment for our shipbuilders, and the NSC team has worked hard to ensure the Coast Guard receives another highly capable and advanced cutter for the fleet,” Ingalls Shipbuilding NSC program supervisor Amanda Whitaker stated. “Our team will continue to prepare NSC 10 for the next set of trials and ensure that this ship will be ready to undertake the most challenging Coast Guard missions.”
NSC 10 is called to recognize Charles L. Calhoun, the initial master principal petty policeman of the united stateCoast Guard Calhoun offered in the united state Navy for 3 years throughout World War II as well as was fairly released in 1946 as a torpedoman 2nd course. He employed in the Coast Guard that very same year as well as held differing settings of management throughout his profession.
For over 20 years, Ingalls Shipbuilding has actually functioned as the single developer as well as supplier of the Coast Guard Legend- course nationwide safety cutter. The front runner of the Coast Guard fleet, nationwide safety cutters can getting started as well as sustaining a variety of Coast Guard, Navy as well as NATO manned as well as unmanned airplane. National safety cutters have actually confirmed to be optimal systems for medicine interdiction, worldwide prohibited angling, calamity alleviation as well as protection assistance procedures.
Ingalls has actually supplied 9 Legend- course nationwide safety cutters to the Coast Guard even more allowing their essential goals around the world.
