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Avondale Shipyard to morph into Avondale Marine

Nearly 1,800 guests attended the christening in July 2012 of the ninth amphibious transport dock, Somerset (LPD 25), at Avondale shipyard. LPD 25 is named in honor of the passengers and crew members of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed on Sept. 11, 2001, near Shanksville in Somerset County, Pa. Somerset was the last ship built at Avondale Shipyard. Huntington Ingalls Industries photo

Avondale Marine LLC, a newly-formed joint venture between Virginia-based T. Parker Host and Illinois-based Hilco Redevelopment Partners, finalized the purchase of the 254-acre property formerly known as Avondale Shipyard from Huntington Ingalls Industries on Oct. 3. Financial terms of Wednesday’s sale were not disclosed.

The site offers approximately 8,000′ of deep-water riverfront access and connection to six Class I railroads. Avondale Marine plans to redevelop the site’s crane, dock and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/avondale-shipyard-morph-into-avondale-marine/

HII Closes Sale of Shuttered Avondale Shipyard

Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans. The yard historically built amphibious ships for the U.S. Navy. Owners are now exploring using the yard for manufacturing oil and gas infrastructure. Google Photo

Huntington Ingalls Industries closed the sale of its Avondale shipbuilding facility to a joint venture between an industrial redevelopment company and marine terminal operator.

The purchaser, Avondale Marine, will be run by Norfolk, Va.-based T. Parker Host and Hilco Redevelopment Partners,...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/04/37094

Navy Awards Ingalls 6 Destroyers, Bath Iron Works 4 in Multiyear Deal; Ingalls to Build Both 2018 Ships

The Ingalls-built destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) launched at first light Saturday morning, Nov. 12, 2016. Ingalls Shipbuilding photo.

The Navy awarded six of its next Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to Ingalls Shipbuilding and four to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, in a combined $9-billion purchase right at the end of the fiscal year.

The two companies had been competing for work in a five-year multiyear procurement (MYP) deal that would cover at least 10 Flight III destroyers. The contracts...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/27/navy-awards-ingalls-6-destroyers-bath-iron-works-4-in-multiyear-deal-ingalls-to-build-both-fy-2018-ships

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