Fun Factoids

Did you know.......Austal USA is an advanced ship manufacturer, servicer and sustainment provider. Austal USA entered the defense market in 2004 and through its innovative ship manufacturing processes, quickly became the fifth largest shipbuilder in North America.

Did you know....... it's headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, with facilities in San Diego, Singapore and Washington, D.C., the company employs approximately 4,000 people and designs and constructs two ship programs for the U.S. Navy – Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (even numbered hulls) and Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF).

Did you know......the company’s supplier network includes over 1196 companies across 44 states supporting more than 34,000 U.S. jobs. www.USA.Austal.com

Here is their latest press release of September 18th, 2018 (condensed for space reasons)

AUSTAL USA AWARDED LITTORAL COMBAT SHIPS 32 AND 34

Mobile, Ala. – Austal USA was awarded a contract modification by the U.S. Navy today to build two additional Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships, its sixteenth and seventeenth ships in the class. The award of LCS 32 and 34 is a clear sign of the continued confidence the Navy has in Austal’s LCS program. The specific value of each contract is under the congressional cost cap of $584 million per ship.

This article is published as one of an occasional series of "Fun Factoids" about my home town of Mobile, AL. Much of what happens here on the Gulf Coast, tends to be "under the radar". This is simply one individual's efforts to change that fact.