Northrop Grumman Gulf shipyards back in action

Northrop Grumman Corporation announced its Ship Systems sector has put out the call to all its shipyard employees who can return to work at its Pascagoula and New Orleans shipyards to do so.

Both yards returned to partial ship production and office work at the beginning of this week and clean-up and recovery efforts will continue at all sector facilities. This is just two weeks after one of the worst natural disasters to strike this area and Philip Teel, President of Northrop Grumman Ships Systems said “These men and women of the Gulf Coast have come to work to restore their shipyards while they also rebuild their homes and communities. This is the character of the American shipbuilder and what makes America’s shipyards great.”

Work will begin aboard a number of the 11 Navy and Coast Guard ships currently under construction at the Ship Systems yards. Generators and shore power were moved into place over the weekend to resume work on the guided missile destroyers, amphibious assault ships, Coast Guard cutter, and oil tanker currently under construction. Ship Systems is working with its customers to phase and prioritize its shipbuilding work.

The largest manufacturing employer in Louisiana and Mississippi, Northrop Grumman had thousands of shipbuilders report to work last week to restore the shipyards, and thousands more are expected to respond to the call to work.