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ICGS Announces Progress On Second Security Cutter

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Friday, November 30th, 2007

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] has successfully lifted the 25-ton mast onto the second Coast Guard National Security Cutter (NSC), putting the ship at 42 percent complete in the production process at the company's shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS) said Wednesday. The second NSC, called the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), is due to be launched next April. Based on lessons learned with the first NSC, the USCGC Bertholf, the Waesche's mast was landed with 30…

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