Ingalls Shipbuilding
Coordinates: 30°20′51″N 88°34′30″W / 30.347371°N 88.575017°W
Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Huntington Ingalls Industries. It is a leading producer of ships for the United States Navy, and at 10,900 employees, the largest private employer in Mississippi.
History
In 1938, Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation was founded by Robert Ingersoll Ingalls, Sr. (1882-1951) of Birmingham, Alabama, on the East Bank of the Pascagoula River in Mississippi.[1] Ingalls was located where the Pascagoula River runs into the Gulf of Mexico. It started out building commercial ships including the USS George Clymer (APA-27), which took part in Liberty Fleet Day 27 September 1941. In the 1950s Ingalls started bidding on Navy work, winning a contract in 1957 to build 12 nuclear-powered attack submarines.
Litton Industries acquired Ingalls in 1961, and in 1968 expanded its facilities to the other side of the river. Ingalls reached a high point of employment in 1977, with 27,280 workers. In April 2001, Litton was acquired by Northrop Grumman Corporation.[2]
On 29 August 2005, Ingalls facilities were damaged by Hurricane Katrina; most of the ships in dock and construction escaped serious harm. While shipbuilding was halted for a while due to the destruction of many buildings, most vehicles and the large overhead cranes, the facility continues to run today.
On March 31, 2011, Northrop Grumman spun off its shipbuilding sector (including Ingalls Shipbuilding) into a new corporation, Huntington Ingalls Industries.
Products
Ingalls' primary product has been naval ships, although it also produces offshore drilling rigs and cruise ships, and has done naval projects for Egypt, Israel, and Venezuela. In the 1950s, Ingalls attempted to enter the diesel locomotive market. They catalogued an extensive product line, but only one example, known as the model 4-S, was produced. It was sold to the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad. Ingalls also manufactured covered hopper railroad cars in the early 1980s, producing around 4,000 units, primarily for the lease market via North American Car.
Ships built
Ships built by Ingalls include:
Submarines
- Barbel class:
- Skipjack class:
- Thresher/Permit class:
- Sturgeon class:
Destroyers
- Spruance class:
- USS Spruance (DD-963)
- USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964)
- USS Kinkaid (DD-965)
- USS Hewitt (DD-966)
- USS Elliot (DD-967)
- USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968)
- USS Peterson (DD-969)
- USS Caron (DD-970)
- USS David R. Ray (DD-971)
- USS Oldendorf (DD-972)
- USS John Young (DD-973)
- USS Comte de Grasse (DD-974)
- USS O'Brien (DD-975)
- USS Merrill (DD-976)
- USS Briscoe (DD-977)
- USS Stump (DD-978)
- USS Conolly (DD-979)
- USS Moosbrugger (DD-980)
- USS John Hancock (DD-981)
- USS Nicholson (DD-982)
- USS John Rodgers (DD-983)
- USS Leftwich (DD-984)
- USS Cushing (DD-985)
- USS Harry W. Hill (DD-986)
- USS O'Bannon (DD-987)
- USS Thorn (DD-988)
- USS Deyo (DD-989)
- USS Ingersoll (DD-990)
- USS Fife (DD-991)
- USS Fletcher (DD-992)
- USS Hayler (DD-997)
- Kidd class:
- USS Kidd (DD-993)
- USS Callaghan (DD-994)
- USS Scott (DD-995)
- USS Chandler (DD-996)
- Arleigh Burke class:[1]
- USS Barry (DDG-52)
- USS Stout (DDG-55)
- USS Mitscher (DDG-57)
- USS Russell (DDG-59)
- USS Ramage (DDG-61)
- USS Stethem (DDG-63)
- USS Benfold (DDG-65)
- USS Cole (DDG-67)
- USS Milius (DDG-69)
- USS Ross (DDG-71)
- USS McFaul (DDG-74)
- USS Porter (DDG-78)
- USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
- USS Lassen (DDG-82)
- USS Bulkeley (DDG-84)
- USS Shoup (DDG-86)
- USS Preble (DDG-88)
- USS Mustin (DDG-89)
- USS Pinckney (DDG-91)
- USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93)
- USS James E. Williams (DDG-95)
- USS Halsey (DDG-97)
- USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98)
- USS Kidd (DDG-100)
- USS Truxtun (DDG-103)
- USS Dewey (DDG-105)
- USS Gravely (DDG-107)
- USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)
Cruisers
- Ticonderoga class:
- USS Ticonderoga (CG-47)
- USS Yorktown (CG-48)
- USS Vincennes (CG-49)
- USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)
- USS Mobile Bay (CG-53)
- USS Antietam (CG-54)
- USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55)
- USS San Jacinto (CG-56)
- USS Lake Champlain (CG-57)
- USS Princeton (CG-59)
- USS Chancellorsville (CG-62)
- USS Chosin (CG-65)
- USS Hué City (CG-66)
- USS Anzio (CG-68)
- USS Vicksburg (CG-69)
- USS Cape St. George (CG-71)
- USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)
- USS Port Royal (CG-73)
Cutters
- Legend class:
- USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750)
- USCGC Waesche (WMSL 751)
- USCGC Stratton (WMSL 752)
- USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753)
Amphibious transport dock
- San Antonio class:[1]
Amphibious assault ship
- Iwo Jima class:
- Tarawa class:
- Wasp class:
- America class:[1]
Attack transport
Bayfield-class attack transports[3]
- Custer
- DuPage
- Elmore
- Fayette
- Fremont
- Henrico
- Knox
- Lamar
- Burleigh
- Dade
- Mendocino
- Montour
- Riverside
- Westmoreland
- Griggs
- Grundy
- Guilford
- Sitka
- Hamblen
- Hampton
- Hanover
Corvette
Tankers
T5 Tanker prototype, 615-foot vessel intended for possible conversion to atomic power, 1958
Cruise Ships and Ocean Liners
- Pride of America (partially built in Mississippi, then towed to Germany for outfitting)
- Santa Rosa
- SS Del Norte for naval architect George B. Sharp, 1946
Ships Refitted
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Northrup Grumman Shipbuilding - Gulf Coast Fact Sheet.Northrup Grumman Shipbuilding Retrieved 2009-09-23
- ↑ Northrop Grumman to Acquire Litton Industries for $80 Per Share Cash. Maritme Reporter and Engineering News 2000-12-22. Retrieved 2009-09-23
- ↑ Bayfield and Windsor-class attack transports, per List as of 3-6-15, may not be exhaustive.