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Austal USA holds keel laying ceremony for LCS 32

28 October 2020

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., hosted future USS Santa Barbara ship sponsor and keel authenticator, Lolita Zinke, recently at a keel laying ceremony for the 16th Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Zinke welded her initials into the ship’s keel plate officially authenticating that the keel of the future USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) “has been truly and fairly laid”.

The 421’6″x103.7′ Independence-variant LCS is the most recent step in the small surface combatant evolution. A high-speed,...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/austal-usa-holds-keel-laying-ceremony-for-lcs-32/

Coast Guard Sector Charleston change of command

13 May 2020

The crew of Coast Guard Sector Charleston conducted a change of command ceremony Tuesday at Sector Charleston. During the ceremony, Capt. John Reed transferred command of Coast Guard Sector Charleston to Capt. John Cole.

Reed served as the commander of Sector Charleston since August 2017 and oversaw maritime safety, security, and stewardship operations along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia that included 933 search and rescue cases resulting in 359 lives saved and 1,347 lives assisted....

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/coast-guard-sector-charleston-change-of-command/

Eastern Shipbuilding lays keel for first offshore patrol cutter

5 May 2020

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Fla., reports that the keel laying ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard’s, first of class, 360’x54′ offshore patrol cutter (OPC) Argus (WMSM-915), was held on April 28, 2020 at Eastern’s Nelson Street facility. The ceremony was performed and recorded without audience to comply with CDC guidelines to combat the spread of COVID-19.

The OPC is designed to conduct multiple missions in support of the nation’s maritime security and border protection. It will...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/eastern-shipbuilding-lays-keel-for-first-offshore-patrol-cutter/

VT Halter hosts ceremony for Q-LNG’s new ATB

17 September 2019

In November 2017, New Orleans-based Q-LNG Transport LLC awarded a contract to VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, Miss., to build a first-of-its-kind (in the U.S.) liquid natural gas (LNG) articulated tug/barge (ATB) unit. The ATB consists of a 324’x64’x32’6″, 4,000-cu.-meter barge and a 128’x42’x21′ 5,100-hp tug.

Shane Guidry, Q-LNG Transport’s CEO (left), Sen. Roger F. Wicker, R-Miss. (center), and Ronald Baczkowski, president and CEO, VT Halter Marine (right) jointly announce the names of the barge...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/vt-halter-hosts-naming-ceremony-for-qlng-transports-new-atb/

Austal USA delivers 10th Expeditionary Fast Transport to Navy

19 November 2018

Littoral Combat Ship (left) and Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel (right). Ken Hocke photo

Austal USA delivered the Expeditionary Fast Transport ship Burlington (EPF 10) to the U.S. Navy during a ceremony onboard the ship at the company’s headquarters in Mobile, Ala., Nov. 15. This is the fourth ship Austal has delivered to the Navy this year.

The EPF program provides the Navy with a high-speed intra-theater transport capability. The 338′ Burlington is an aluminum catamaran capable of transporting 600 tons, 1,200 nautical miles at an average speed of 35 knots and is designed to...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/austal-usa-delivers-expeditionary-fast-transport-navy/