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MS HC119

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

4/15/2013

Primary Sponsor

Charles Busby

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Commends and congratulates Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on its 75th anniversary of operation in 2013, originally established in 1938.

  • Recognizes Ingalls as Mississippi's largest private employer with approximately 11,000 workers and designates it as "America's Shipyard."

  • Details company history including founding by Robert Ingalls in 1938, acquisition by Litton Industries in 1961, peak employment of 25,000 workers in 1977, and transformation into Huntington Ingalls Industries in 2011.

  • Documents production of 123 vessels including submarines, destroyers, cruisers, amphibious assault ships, and cutters for the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and international customers including Egypt, Israel, and Venezuela.

  • Directs that copies of the resolution be provided to Ingalls Shipbuilding and members of the Capitol Press Corps.

Legislative Description

Ingall's Shipbuilders; commend and congratulate on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.

Last Action

Enrolled Bill Signed

4/15/2013

Committee Referrals

Rules4/1/2013

Full Bill Text

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