HII Begins Fabrication of Destroyer John F. Lehman (DDG 137)

The milestone builds upon early construction gains enabled by HII’s distributed shipbuilding model, which expands capacity by shifting fabrication of major structural units from Pascagoula to partner yards beyond the company’s traditional labor market that have available workforce and production space. For DDG 137, six partners across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida are producing structu “Our Ingalls shipbuilders have worked hard to reach fabrication start on DDG 137, and by focusing o