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Ingalls To Invest $25

Million To Revamp

Facilities month, and work on the new pro- duction bay will start in mid-1998.

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Shipbuilding division of Litton Industries, high- lighting elements of the $25 million facilities

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Litton Industries announced plans to invest $25 million in a major facilities program at Ingalls

Shipbuilding — the company's shipbuilding and marine produc- tion operations. "The investment will enhance

Ingalls' already extensive capacity for naval ship construction and modernization, and will signifi- cantly broaden our shipyard's capability to produce commercial vessels and offshore drilling rigs and production platforms," said

Ingalls President Jerry St. Pe.

The facilities program will involve two major projects. One will be the expansion of the com- pany's floating drydock, used to both launch and retrieve vessels and marine structures.

The other project will be the con- struction of an additional produc- tion bay that will be dedicated to the building of drilling rigs, pro- duction platforms and other struc- tures for the offshore industry.

Engineering work for both phases of the program is currently under- way.

The drydock expansion will include adding a 160-ft. (49 m) detachable section to the ship- yard's existing drydock, bringing the expanded dock to 800 ft. (244 m) in length.

Production of the new dock sec- tion is expected to commence next m MING NEXT

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