A shipbuilder at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division guides a grand block for Thad Cochran (DDG 135) into place for installation. The unit built by Gulf Copper arrived at Ingalls ahead of the ship’s October 2025 keel authentication, demonstrating successful early-sequence production by qualified offsite partners and enabling increased throughput at Ingalls.
A shipbuilder at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division guides a grand block for Thad Cochran (DDG 135) into place for installation. The unit built by Gulf Copper arrived at Ingalls ahead of the ship’s October 2025 keel authentication, demonstrating successful early-sequence production by qualified offsite partners and enabling increased throughput at Ingalls.