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T The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the Flight IIA Arleigh h

B Burke–class guided missile destroyer, the future USS John n

B Basilone (DDG 122) in July 2024. The Arleigh Burke–class s g guided missile destroyer is arguably one of the most success- - f ful shipbuilding programs in the history of the U.S. Navy,, a and this most recent ship was built by General Dynamics s

B Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The ship is named after r

U U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone, , w who received the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary hero- - i ism during the Battle of Guadalcanal.

USS JOHN BASILONE (DDG 122)

First

U.S.-built,

Eco Edison -owned, -crewed

Edison Chouest Offshore's (ECO) new service operations

SOV vessel (SOV) ECO Edison is a groundbreaking newbuild, the ? rst-ever American-built, -owned and -crewed offshore wind SOV, christened and quickly sent to work earlier this year. ECO Edison will play an integral part of the opera- tion and maintenance of Ørsted and Eversource’s South

Fork Wind, Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind projects as the U.S. offshore wind industry continues to ramp up in the

U.S. Northeast. Built at ECO’s in-house shipyards in Loui- siana, Mississippi and Florida, the 262-ft. liveaboard SOV will serve as a ? oating, year-round homebase for 60 of the ? rst American offshore wind turbine technicians, who will work at-sea over the life of the wind farms, servicing and maintaining the wind turbines. ECO Edison is powered by two U.S. EPA Tier 4 certi? ed Cat 3512E engines from Cat- erpillar Marine. The U.S.-? agged, Jones Act quali? ed ves- sel features a walk to work motion-compensated gangway that allows technicians to easily and safely access the wind turbines. The SOV’s smaller daughter craft, Tee Ed, can be deployed to maneuver crew across the wind farms.

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