INGALLS SHIPBUILDING COMPLETES ACCEPTANCE SEA TRIALS ON FOURTH NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTER
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced the completion of acceptance sea trials for the company's fourth U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter, Hamilton (WMSL 753). The ship was underway for a two-day period in the Gulf of Mexico, performing numerous tests and demonstrations of shipboard systems for the Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV).
While underway, Ingalls' test and trials team conducted extensive testing of the propulsion, anchor handling, steering and combat systems. The testing culminated in the successful completion of a full-power propulsion run.
Ingalls has delivered three NSCs, and three more are currently under construction. A seventh NSC, Kimball WMSL 756, is scheduled to begin construction in early 2015. Hamilton is scheduled to be delivered next month and commissioned on December 6 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Legend-class NSCs are the flagships of the Coast Guard's cutter fleet. Designed to replace the 378-foot Hamilton-class High-Endurance Cutters that entered service during the 1960s, they are 418 feet long with a 54-foot beam and displace 4,500 tons with a full load. They have a top speed of 28 knots, a range of 12,000 miles, an endurance of 60 days and a crew of 120.
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