Ingalls to Repair USS Fitzgerald

摘要

HUNTINGTON INGALLS Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding Division has been selected to repair the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald. Ingalls has a history of repairing damaged Navy ships, including the frigate USS Stark (FFG 31) and USS Cole (DDG 67), a guided missile destroyer in the same class as Fitzgerald. The USS Fitzgerald suffered damage on her starboard side above and below the waterline in its June 17 deadly collision with the Philippine-flagged merchant vessel ACX Crystal. Seven Navy sailors were killed in the incident. The collision damaged two berthing spaces, a radio room, a machinery space, and various lockers, passageways, and access trunks.