The US Department of Defense announced it will pay Ingalls Shipbuilding $27,469,298 for additional collision repairs of the US navy warship USS Fitzgerald.
To remind, the missile destroyer was involved in a deadly collision with the container ship ‘ACX Crystal’, off Japan, on 17 June 2017. The accident resulted in the deaths of seven US sailors due to impact with the ship’s berthing compartments, located below the waterline. Crystal suffered no fatalities.
Now, Huntington Ingalls Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $27,469,298 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification to a previously awarded contract, for the execution of USS Fitzgerald emergent repair and restoration.
This effort shall provide for additional collision repairs, as well as maintenance and modernization of USS Fitzgerald. The repairs will include the vessel’s electronic warfare suite, radar, and switchboard, among others.
Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and is expected to be completed by January 2020.
