Northrop Grumman Ship Systems

Northrop Grumman Ship Systems

Type	Public (NYSE: NOC)
Industry	Maritime Defense
Headquarters	Pascagoula, Mississippi
Products	Aircraft carriers Military vessels Information Technology Advanced electronic sensors and systems
Website	NorthropGrumman.com

Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS) was a former sector or division of Northrop Grumman Corporation which was responsible for building small and medium shipping products. It was merged with another sector of Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman Newport News, which was responsible for building nuclear submarines and supercarriers, to form the sector Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding.^[1]

NGSS was headquartered in Pascagoula, Mississippi. It was formed by the union of Ingalls Shipbuilding and Avondale Shipyard companies, reorganized as NGSS Ingalls Operations and NGSS Avondale Operations. NGSS facilities are located in Pascagoula, Gulfport, Mississippi, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Tallulah, Louisiana.

Ships

• NGSS has been awarded the contract to construct the San Antonio class amphibious transport dock (LPD) fleet; including the USS New York (LPD-21), USS Arlington (LPD-24), and USS Somerset (LPD-25).
• NGSS repaired the USS Cole after it was damaged in an attack in Yemen.
• NGSS built three Sa'ar 5-class missile boats for Israel, based on Israeli designs. These ships include the INS Eilat (1993), INS Lahav (1993) and the INS Hanit (1994).

References

1. ^ http://www.sb.northropgrumman.com/about/

External links

• "Northrop Grumman Ship Systems". http://www.ss.northropgrumman.com/index.html. Retrieved 2005-12-23.