Work begins on new assault ship at Ingalls
by Associated Press Published: May 26,2011
Tags: Democrat, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Mississippi, Navy, Pascagoula, Pennsylvania, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha
PASCAGOULA — Ingalls Shipbuilding has begun construction on LPD 26, the Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship. The Mississippi Press reports the vessel is named for U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha, the long-serving Pennsylvania Democrat who died in February 2010. Murtha also spent time in the U.S. Marine Corps. In April, the shipyard in Pascagoula was [...] [...]
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