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{{Short description|Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi}}
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[[File:Ingalls Ship.png|thumb|Historical Ingalls Shipbuilding logo]]
[[File:Ingalls Shipbuilding 1985.jpg|thumb|250px|Aerial view of Ingalls Shipbuilding in 1985. Visible in this photo are (pierside, left to right): {{USS|Yorktown|CG-48|6}}, {{USS|Vincennes|CG-49|6}}, {{USS|Valley Forge|CG-50|6}} and {{USS|Bunker Hill|CG-52|6}}. Under construction on shore are {{USS|Mobile Bay|CG-53|6}} and {{USS|Antietam|CG-54|6}}.]]
'''Ingalls Shipbuilding''' is a [[shipyard]] located in [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]], United States, originally established in 1938, and now part of [[Huntington Ingalls Industries|HII]]. It is a producer of ships for the [[United States Navy]], and, as of 2023, is the largest private employer in [[Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Harris|first=Bryant|title=Gulf shipyards struggle to find workers amid shipbuilding spree|date=April 25, 2023|access-date=February 21, 2024|newspaper=[[Defense News]]|publisher=[[Sightline Media Group]]|url=https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2023/04/25/gulf-shipyards-struggle-to-find-workers-amid-shipbuilding-spree/|quote=Pascagoula is also home to Ingalls Shipbuilding, the state’s largest employer with approximately 11,500 employees.}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:"Line up of some of women welders including the women's welding champion of Ingalls (Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS) - NARA - 522890.jpg|thumb|220px|Female welders at Ingalls Shipbuilding, 1943]]
[[File:Ingalls Shipbuilding.JPEG|thumb|250px|A view of a section of the Ingalls Shipbuilding Company showing various United States Navy ships under construction: Pictured are (from left to right): {{USS|Boxer|LHD-4|6}}, {{USS|Ramage|DDG-61|6}}, {{USS|Benfold|DDG-65|6}}, and the Israeli guided-missile corvette, {{INS|Hanit}}.]]
In 1938, Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation was founded by [[Robert Ingersoll Ingalls Sr.]] (1882–1951) of [[Birmingham, Alabama]], on the east bank of the [[Pascagoula River]] in Mississippi.<ref name="Fact Sheet">[http://www.sb.northropgrumman.com/about/assets/Gulf_Coast_Facts.pdf Fact Sheet]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. Retrieved 2009-09-23</ref> Ingalls was located where the Pascagoula River runs into the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. It started out building [[Merchant ship|commercial ships]], including {{USS|George Clymer|APA-27|6}}, which took part in [[Liberty Fleet Day (Victory Fleet Day)|Liberty Fleet Day]] on 27 September 1941. In the 1950s, Ingalls started bidding on Navy work, winning a contract in 1957 to build 12 nuclear-powered [[attack submarine]]s.

[[Litton Industries]] acquired Ingalls in 1961, and in 1968, expanded its facilities to the other side of the river. Ingalls reached a high point of employment in 1977, with 27,280 workers. In April 2001, Litton was acquired by the [[Northrop Grumman]] Corporation.<ref>[http://marinelink.com/en-US/News/Article/Northrop-Grumman-to-Acquire-Litton-Industries-for-$80-Per-Share-Cash/319268.aspx "Northrop Grumman to Acquire Litton Industries for $80 Per Share Cash"]. ''Maritime Reporter and Engineering News'', 2000-12-22. Retrieved 2009-09-23</ref>

On 29 August 2005, Ingalls facilities were damaged by [[Hurricane Katrina]]; most of the ships in dock and construction escaped serious harm. While shipbuilding was halted for a while due to the destruction of many buildings, most vehicles and the large overhead cranes are the same that the facility continues to operate today.

On 31 March 2011, Northrop Grumman spun off its shipbuilding sector (including Ingalls Shipbuilding) into a new corporation, [[Huntington Ingalls Industries]].

In 2015, Ingalls Shipbuilding Company signed a contract with US Navy for new destroyers, littoral combat ships, and new landing craft. {{USS|John Finn|DDG-113|6}} was one of the first new destroyers and was launched on 28 March. The company is also building the {{USS|Ralph Johnson|DDG-114|6}}, {{USS|Paul Ignatius|DDG-117|6}}, and {{USS|Delbert D. Black|DDG-119|6}}.

On 21 March 2015, the new {{sclass|San Antonio|amphibious transport dock}} ship {{USS|John P. Murtha|LPD-26|6}} was ceremonially christened. The vessel was launched on 30 October and was commissioned in 2017.

On 27 March 2015, the shipyard received construction contracts for their next destroyers. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company was awarded a $604.3 million contract modification for building {{USS|Frank E. Petersen Jr.|DDG-121|6}}.

On 31 March 2015, the shipyard also received another contract with a $500 million fixed price to build the eighth [[National Security Cutter]] for the [[US Coast Guard]]. Most of them will be under construction until 2019. The cutters are the most advanced ships ever built for the Coast Guard.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flurry of Contracts Spark US Navy Shipbuilding|date=3 April 2015 |url=http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2015/04/03/navy-shipbuilding-contracts/25249469/|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>

On 30 June 2016, Ingalls Shipbuilding signed a contract with US Navy to build the U.S. Navy's next large-deck amphibious-assault warship. The contract included planning, advanced engineering, and procurement of long-lead material, is just over $272 million. If options are exercised, the cumulative value of the contract would be $3.1 billion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ingalls Shipbuilding gets $3.1 billion Navy warship contract|url=http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2016/07/ingalls_navy_contract_warship.html|access-date=22 August 2016}}</ref>

==Products==
Ingalls' primary product has been naval ships and naval projects for [[Egypt]], [[Israel]], and [[Venezuela]].  In the 1940s, Ingalls attempted to enter the [[diesel-electric locomotive]] market.  They cataloged an extensive product line, but only one example, known as the [[Ingalls 4-S|model 4-S]], was produced.  It was sold to the [[Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad]].  Ingalls also manufactured covered hopper railroad cars in the early 1980s, producing around 4,000 units, primarily for the lease market via North American Car.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula MS|url=http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/active/ingalls.htm|access-date=22 July 2016|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405163547/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/active/ingalls.htm|archive-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

===Ships built===
Ships built by Ingalls include:

====Submarines====
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*[[Barbel-class submarine|''Barbel'' class]]:
**{{USS|Blueback|SS-581}}
*[[Skipjack class submarine|''Skipjack'' class]]:
**{{USS|Sculpin|SSN-590}}
**{{USS|Snook|SSN-592}}
*[[Thresher/Permit-class submarine|''Thresher/Permit'' class]]:
**{{USS|Barb|SSN-596}}
**{{USS|Dace|SSN-607}}
**{{USS|Haddock|SSN-621}}
*[[Sturgeon-class submarine|''Sturgeon'' class]]:
**{{USS|Tautog|SSN-639}}
**{{USS|Pogy|SSN-647}}
**{{USS|Aspro|SSN-648}}
**{{USS|Puffer|SSN-652}}
**{{USS|William H. Bates|SSN-680}}
**{{USS|Tunny|SSN-682}}
**{{USS|Parche|SSN-683}}
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====Destroyers====
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*[[Forrest Sherman-class destroyer|''Forrest Sherman'' class:]]
**[[USS Morton|USS Morton (DD-948)]]
**[[USS Parsons|USS Parsons (DD-949/DDG-33)]]
*[[Spruance-class destroyer|''Spruance'' class]]:
**{{USS|Spruance|DD-963}}
**{{USS|Paul F. Foster|DD-964}}
**{{USS|Kinkaid|DD-965}}
**{{USS|Hewitt|DD-966}}
**{{USS|Elliot|DD-967}}
**{{USS|Arthur W. Radford|DD-968}}
**{{USS|Peterson|DD-969}}
**{{USS|Caron|DD-970}}
**{{USS|David R. Ray|DD-971}}
**{{USS|Oldendorf|DD-972}}
**{{USS|John Young|DD-973}}
**{{USS|Comte de Grasse|DD-974}}
**{{USS|O'Brien|DD-975}}
**{{USS|Merrill|DD-976}}
**{{USS|Briscoe|DD-977}}
**{{USS|Stump|DD-978}}
**{{USS|Conolly|DD-979}}
**{{USS|Moosbrugger|DD-980}}
**{{USS|John Hancock|DD-981}}
**{{USS|Nicholson|DD-982}}
**{{USS|John Rodgers|DD-983}}
**{{USS|Leftwich|DD-984}}
**{{USS|Cushing|DD-985}}
**{{USS|Harry W. Hill|DD-986}}
**{{USS|O'Bannon|DD-987}}
**{{USS|Thorn|DD-988}}
**{{USS|Deyo|DD-989}}
**{{USS|Ingersoll|DD-990}}
**{{USS|Fife|DD-991}}
**{{USS|Fletcher|DD-992}}
**{{USS|Hayler|DD-997}}
*[[Kidd-class destroyer|''Kidd'' class]]:
**{{USS|Kidd|DD-993}}
**{{USS|Callaghan|DD-994}}
**{{USS|Scott|DD-995}}
**{{USS|Chandler|DD-996}}
*[[Arleigh Burke-class destroyer|''Arleigh Burke'' class]]:<ref name="Fact Sheet"/>
**{{USS|Barry|DDG-52}}
**{{USS|Stout|DDG-55}}
**{{USS|Mitscher|DDG-57}}
**{{USS|Russell|DDG-59}}
**{{USS|Ramage|DDG-61}}
**{{USS|Stethem|DDG-63}}
**{{USS|Benfold|DDG-65}}
**{{USS|Cole|DDG-67}}
**{{USS|Milius|DDG-69}}
**{{USS|Ross|DDG-71}}
**{{USS|McFaul|DDG-74}}
**{{USS|Porter|DDG-78}}
**{{USS|Roosevelt|DDG-80}}
**{{USS|Lassen|DDG-82}}
**{{USS|Bulkeley|DDG-84}}
**{{USS|Shoup|DDG-86}}
**{{USS|Preble|DDG-88}}
**{{USS|Mustin|DDG-89}}
**{{USS|Pinckney|DDG-91}}
**{{USS|Chung-Hoon|DDG-93}}
**{{USS|James E. Williams|DDG-95}}
**{{USS|Halsey|DDG-97}}
**{{USS|Forrest Sherman|DDG-98}}
**{{USS|Kidd|DDG-100}}
**{{USS|Truxtun|DDG-103}}
**{{USS|Dewey|DDG-105}}
**{{USS|Gravely|DDG-107}}
**{{USS|William P. Lawrence|DDG-110}}
**{{USS|John Finn|DDG-113}}
**{{USS|Ralph Johnson|DDG-114}}
**{{USS|Paul Ignatius|DDG-117}}
**{{USS|Delbert D. Black|DDG-119}}
**{{USS|Frank E. Petersen Jr.|DDG-121}}
**{{USS|Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee|DDG-123}}
**{{USS|Jack H. Lucas|DDG-125}}
**{{USS|Ted Stevens|DDG-128}}
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====Cruisers====
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*[[Ticonderoga-class cruiser|''Ticonderoga'' class]]:
**{{USS|Ticonderoga|CG-47}}
**{{USS|Yorktown|CG-48}}
**{{USS|Vincennes|CG-49}}
**{{USS|Valley Forge|CG-50}}
**{{USS|Bunker Hill|CG-52}}
**{{USS|Mobile Bay|CG-53}}
**{{USS|Antietam|CG-54}}
**{{USS|Leyte Gulf|CG-55}}
**{{USS|San Jacinto|CG-56}}
**{{USS|Lake Champlain|CG-57}}
**{{USS|Princeton|CG-59}}
**{{USS|Chancellorsville|CG-62}}
**{{USS|Chosin|CG-65}}
**{{USS|Hué City|CG-66}}
**{{USS|Anzio|CG-68}}
**{{USS|Vicksburg|CG-69}}
**{{USS|Cape St. George|CG-71}}
**{{USS|Vella Gulf|CG-72}}
**{{USS|Port Royal|CG-73}}
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====Cutters====
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*[[National Security Cutter|Legend class]]:
**{{USCGC|Bertholf|WMSL 750}}
**{{USCGC|Waesche|WMSL 751}}
**{{USCGC|Stratton|WMSL 752}}
**{{USCGC|Hamilton|WMSL 753}}
**{{USCGC|James|WMSL 754}}
**{{USCGC|Munro|WMSL 755}}
**{{USCGC|Kimball|WMSL 756}}
**{{USCGC|Midgett|WMSL-757}}
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====Amphibious transport dock====
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*[[San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock|''San Antonio'' class]]:<ref name="Fact Sheet"/>
**{{USS|Mesa Verde|LPD-19}}
**{{USS|San Diego|LPD-22}}
**{{USS|Arlington|LPD-24}}
**{{USS|John P. Murtha|LPD-26}}
**{{USS|Portland|LPD-27}}
**{{USS|Fort Lauderdale|LPD-28}}
**{{USS|Richard M. McCool Jr.|LPD-29}}
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====Amphibious assault ship====
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*[[Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship|''Iwo Jima'' class]]:
**{{USS|Tripoli|LPH-10}}
**{{USS|Inchon|LPH-12}}
*[[Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship|''Tarawa'' class]]:
**{{USS|Tarawa|LHA-1}}
**{{USS|Saipan|LHA-2}}
**{{USS|Belleau Wood|LHA-3}}
**{{USS|Nassau|LHA-4}}
**{{USS|Peleliu|LHA-5}}
*[[Wasp-class amphibious assault ship|''Wasp'' class]]:
**{{USS|Wasp|LHD-1}}
**{{USS|Essex|LHD-2}}
**{{USS|Kearsarge|LHD-3}}
**{{USS|Boxer|LHD-4}}
**{{USS|Bataan|LHD-5}}
**{{USS|Bonhomme Richard|LHD-6}}
**{{USS|Iwo Jima|LHD-7}}
**{{USS|Makin Island|LHD-8}}
*[[America-class amphibious assault ship|''America'' class]]:<ref name="Fact Sheet"/>
**{{USS|America|LHA-6}}
**{{USS|Tripoli|LHA-7}}
**{{USS|Bougainville|LHA-8}}
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====Attack transport====
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{{sclass|Bayfield|attack transport|1}}s<ref>Bayfield and Windsor-class attack transports, per [http://drawings.usmaritimecommission.de/drawings_c3.htm] List as of 3-6-15, may not be exhaustive.</ref>
* {{USS|Custer|APA-40|2}}
* {{USS|DuPage|APA-41|2}}
* {{USS|Elmore|APA-42|2}}
* {{USS|Fayette|APA-43|2}}
* {{USS|Fremont|APA-44|2}}
* {{USS|Henrico|APA-45|2}}
* {{USS|Knox|APA-46|2}}
* {{USS|Lamar|APA-47|2}}
* {{USS|Burleigh|APA-95|2}}
* {{USS|Dade|APA-99|2}}
* {{USS|Mendocino|APA-100|2}}
* {{USS|Montour|APA-101|2}}
* {{USS|Riverside|APA-102|2}}
* {{USS|Westmoreland|APA-104|2}}
* {{USS|Griggs|APA-110|2}}
* {{USS|Grundy|APA-111|2}}
* {{USS|Guilford|APA-112|2}}
* {{USS|Sitka|APA-113|2}}
* {{USS|Hamblen|APA-114|2}}
* {{USS|Hampton|APA-115|2}}
* {{USS|Hanover|APA-116|2}}
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====Corvette====
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*[[Sa'ar 5-class corvette|Sa'ar 5 class]]:
**[[INS Eilat (501)|INS ''Eilat'' (501)]]
**[[INS Lahav|INS ''Lahav'' (502)]]
**[[INS Hanit|INS ''Hanit'' (503)]]
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====Tankers====
T5 tanker prototype, 615-foot vessel intended for possible conversion to atomic power, 1958

====Cruise ships and ocean liners====
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* {{SS|Del Norte}} for naval architect [[George G. Sharp]], 1946
*{{SS|Brasil|1957}}, an ocean liner for [[Moore-MacCormack]] and launched in 1957.
* {{SS|Argentina|1958}}, also built for Moore-MacCormack and the last ocean liner to be fully completed in the United States as of 2015.
* {{ship||Pride of America}} (partially built in Mississippi, then towed to Germany for outfitting)
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====Ships refitted====
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* {{USS|Iowa|BB-61}}
* {{USS|Wisconsin|BB-64}}
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==Decatur== 
In [[Decatur, Alabama]], Ingalls Shipbuilding built [[barge]]s and [[type B ship]] barges from 1930 to 1980. In 1980 the shipyard was sold to [[Trinity Industries]] that closed in 1981. This site is now called Ingalls Harbor.<ref>[https://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/ingallsdecatur.htm Ingalls Shipbuilding in Decatur, Alabama ''shipbuildinghistory.com'']</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://ingalls.huntingtoningalls.com Official website]

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