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NAVAL SHIPBUILDING

Ingalls is also one of two shipyards building Arleigh Burke- • USNS Earl Warren (T-AO 207) – christening class guided missile destroyers (DDGs). According to a news and launch scheduled for later this year release, “Frank E. Petersen Jr. is the 33rd destroyer Ingalls has • USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208) – built for the U.S. Navy, with ? ve more currently under con- under construction struction at Ingalls, including Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG • USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209) – under contract 123), Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), Ted Stevens (DDG 128), Jer- • USNS Sojourner Truth (T-AO 210) – under contract emiah Denton (DDG 129) and George M. Neal (DDG 131).” • John L. Canley (ESB 6) – christened June 2022

Jack Lucas is the ? rst of the new Flight III DDGs, incorpo- • Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7) – under construction rating a new and more capable SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense NASSCO spokesman Brian Jones said the company is making

Radar (AMDR). the San Diego yard more productive, ef? cient and competitive.

General Dynamic’s NASSCO yard in San Diego is continu- “We’ve invested in more automated production equipment ing to build the John Lewis-class of ? eet oilers (T-AOs) and and modern welding technology like our Thin Plate Panel Line.

Lewis B. Puller-class of Expeditionary Mobile Bases (ESBs). The cutting-edge facility uses hybrid laser arc welding and nu-

The 50,000-ton, 746-foot John Lewis-class of class of ? eet merically controlled robots to mill, seam and weld steel panels replenishment oilers will eventually comprise twenty ships and in a highly automated production line. These features improve will replace the Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oilers now capacity, quality, accuracy, cycle time and produce lighter, more in service. energy ef? cient ships. In addition, upgrading our blast equipment • USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205) – delivering this year and smaller accuracy control tools have enhanced our shipbuild- • USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) – launch and ing process with less demand on our workforce,” Jones said. christened on 11/06/2021 General Dynamics Bath Iron Works spokesperson Julie

The ? rst Offshore Patrol Cutter, USCGC

Argus (WMSM 915) takes shape at Eastern

Shipbuilding Group’s Panama City, Fla., shipyard.

The Coast Guard plans to build 25 OPCs.

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