CRUISE SHIP FIRST OF 3 FOR INGALLS CONSTRUCTION DEAL WORTH $1.4 BILLION.Byline: Chris Sieroty Staff Writer WOODLAND HILLS - Ingalls Shipbuilding Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. It is a leading producer of ships for the US Navy, and at 10,900 employees, the largest private employer in Mississippi. , a division of Woodland Hills-based Litton Industries Named after inventor Charles Litton Sr., Litton Industries was a large defense contractor in the United States, bought by the Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2001. Inc., has begun construction on the first cruise ship to be built in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. since the 1950s. Under the terms of the $1.4 billion deal with American Classic Voyages Co., Ingalls is building two 1,900-passenger, 72,000-ton cruise ships This is a list of cruise ships, both those in service and those that have since ceased to operate. Both cruise ships and cruiseferries are included in this list. (Ocean liners are not included on this list, see List of ocean liners. , with an option for a third, for service in Hawaii. The ships will be built at the company's facility in Pascagoula, Miss., and will begin cruising in 2003 and 2004 under AMCV's United States Lines United States Lines was a transatlantic shipping company that operated cargo services from 1921 to 1989, and ocean liners until 1969 - most famously the SS United States. brand. ``While we do not underestimate the challenge of building the largest cruise ships ever built in the United States, there is no question that we are up to the challenge,'' said Paul Robinson Paul Robinson is the name of: In sport:
So far, Ingalls has 21 assemblies for the first ship in various stages of construction and a number of pipe packages have been constructed. All four main engines have arrived as well as two 100-ton fin stabilizers. The last passenger ships built in the United States were the SS Argentina and the SS Brasil in 1958. American Classic Voyages, the largest American cruise company, announced the deal with Ingalls on Tuesday as part of two analyst meetings being held aboard the company's newest ship, the ms Patriot. Phillip Calian, the company's chief executive officer, said the meetings allow American Classic to introduce its new cruise line A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships. Cruise lines have a dual character; they are partly in the transportation business, and partly in the leisure entertainment business, a duality that carries down into the ships themselves, which have both a crew headed by the to members of the travel industry and provide analysts with information on its 2001 operation and expansion activities. Besides operating a new line of cruise ships, the company plans to spend $5.5 million as part of its relocation from Chicago and New Orleans to Sunrise, Fla. The 1,212-passenger ms Patriot, the first ship in the United States Lines fleet, just completed a $21 million refurbishment at Cascade General Shipyard in Portland, Ore. The ship was in Los Angeles for the beginning of a series of activities that will introduce almost 6,000 travel agents to the new cruise line. The ms Patriot will sail to San Francisco before departing for its homeport of Honolulu on Dec. 9. ``We are excited about the ms Patriot and the return of United States Lines to the marketplace,'' Calian said in a statement. American Classic shares closed Tuesday down 0.06 cents, or 0.43 percent, to $14.31 on volume of 26,600 shares traded on the Nasdaq exchange. Shares of Litton Industries lost 0.38 cents, or 0.63 percent, to close at $59.69 on moderate volume of 354,709 shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . |
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