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NAVAL SHIPBUILDING

Shipyards Adapt to help Navy,

Coast Guard

Recapitalize

Fleets

By Edward Lundquist

BIW Photo shipyards are making improve- Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Wisconsin is transitioning ments to building ships for the from its Freedom-class littoral combat ship production line to

Navy and Coast Guard today and building the new Constellation-class of guided missile frigates.

U.S. in the future. In some cases, it In the interim, FMM is also completing four multi-mission sur- means phasing out one class of ship and getting ready for the face combatants, based on the Freedom-class design, for the next. Or, it can be a drastic make-over. Royal Saudi Navy.

The yards include mid-tier yards all the way up to very large Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, La., delivered the 154-foot facilities devoted exclusively to warships. The ships range Legend-class Fast Response Cutter (FRC) USCGC Douglas from the 353-ton Fast Response Cutter to the 100,000-ton nu- Denman to the U.S. Coast Guard in May. Douglas Denman is clear-powered aircraft carriers. the 49th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) delivered under the cur- 28 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • August 2022

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