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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Shaughnessy Allegretti Perciavalle of? cer and chief operating of? cer of

Cashman Equipment Corp., today of? cially announced the opening of

ACK Marine & General Contract- ing, LLC, a global marine construc- tion and contracting company based in Quincy, Massachusetts. The ? rm is certi? ed as a Women Business En- terprise (WBE) at the national level.

During her career, Shaughnessy has formed close working relationships with labor unions including Pile

Driving & Divers, the International

Union of Operating Engineers, the

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and the Inter- national Union of Teamsters.

Austal Bags 26th LCS

Contract

The U.S. Navy has modi? ed Austal

USA’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) block-buy contract to include an eleventh ship, LCS 26, the Navy an- nounced today. LCS 26 will be the 13th Independence-variant Littoral

Combat Ship built by Austal. “The

Austal LCS team has demonstrated exceptional work in providing an af- fordable sea frame that is not only ca- pable of meeting the Navy’s needs of today but extremely capable of meet- ing future requirements,” Austal USA

President Craig Perciavalle said. Ten total ships, seven LCS and three Ex- peditionary Fast Transport (EPF) ves- sels, are under construction at Austal

USA’s headquarters and ship manu- facturing facility in Mobile, Ala.

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