MEDIA ADVISORY–INGALLS SHIPBUILDING TO HOST CHRISTENING OF NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTER, STONE (NSC 9)

What: Media day and christening ceremony for national security cutter, Elmer “Archie” Fowler Stone (NSC 9)

When: 10:30 a.m. CST Friday, February 28 (media day); 10 a.m. CST Saturday, February 29 (christening). Refer to “Where” section for arrival details

Who:

Media Day, Friday:

• Jay Boyd, Ingalls NSC program manager
• Laura Cavallo, ship sponsor
• NSC 9 shipbuilders
• Capt. Adam Morrison, USCG (PCO Stone)

Christening Day, Saturday:

• Brian Cuccias, Ingalls Shipbuilding President
• Capt. Adam Morrison, USCG (PCO Stone)
• USCG Commandant, Adm. Karl Schultz

Where: Media Day, Friday:

• Media should report to Ingalls Shipbuilding Visitor Control Center (1000 Access Road, Pascagoula) by 10 a.m. for badging and further instruction. Closed toe shoes are required.

Christening Day, Saturday:

• Media should arrive at Ingalls main gate by 9 a.m. CS

RSVP: Teckie Hinkebein, Teckie.Hinkebein@hii-co.com, (228) 935-1323

Media representatives must RSVP by 5 p.m. Wednesday, February 26

LINK TO NSC 9 STONE PRESS KIT

Details:

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division will christen the company’s 9th national security cutter in the Legend class, Elmer “Archie” Fowler Stone (NSC 9). The keynote speaker for the ship christening Saturday is Adm. Karl Schultz, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.

The NSC 9 sponsor is Laura Cavallo. Cavallo was born into a multi-generational Coast Guard family, and is the niece of the ship’s namesake, Coast Guard officer Commander E.F. “Archie” Stone. Stone made history as the Coast Guard’s first aviator in 1919 for being one of two pilots to successfully make a transatlantic flight in a Navy seaplane.