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Third NSC Completes Acceptance Trials

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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

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The U.S. Coast Guard's third 418-foot National Security Cutter (NSC), the Stratton (WMSL 752), has successfully completed several days of acceptance trials to ensure that it meets all contractual requirements, making it ready for delivery to the service. The Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII]-built cutter went through acceptance trials at the shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., and at sea in the Gulf of Mexico by the Coast Guard and the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). "NSC 3 acceptance trials were…

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