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Huntington Ingalls Delivers Destroyer Deckhouse; Closes Facility

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Thursday, August 7th, 2014

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Huntington Ingalls Delivers Destroyer Deckhouse; Closes Facility

The ceremony marking the delivery of the deckhouse for second Zumwalt-class destroyer in Gulfport, Miss. Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] has delivered the second and final composite deckhouse for the Navy’s new fleet of Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) destroyers and at the same time closed the facility that built it, the company said Thursday. The composite deckhouse will be installed on the second Zumwalt, the future USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001), at General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works in Maine. Huntington Ingalls built the deckhouses at a facility in Gulfport, Miss. that was closed following the delivery of the…

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