5th National Security Cutter, James, completes acceptance trials

The fifth Ingalls-built U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter, James sea trials. Photo by Lance Davis/Huntington Ingalls Industries
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The fifth National Security Cutter, James, successfully completed several days of rigorous acceptance trials Thursday to ensure the cutter meets its contractual requirements and is ready for delivery to the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard and the U.S....
Contract Awarded For National Security Cutter Midgett

The fourth national security cutter, Hamilton, underway in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Coast Guard photo. Washington – The Coast Guard awarded a fixed-price incentive firm contract option valued at approximately $499.76 million to Huntington Ingalls Industries for the production of the eighth national security cutter March 31, 2015. The eighth NSC, Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, will be built at Huntington...
Coast Guard announces contract action for construction of 5th National Security Cutter
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Friday it has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a contract action valued at approximately $482 million for the production of the fifth National Security Cutter.
Construction of the ship to be named James, is scheduled to begin this spring at the Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. following prefabrication.
“The contract...