US Avondale shipyard could stay open

Credit for the move is given to the Metal Trades Department, Congressman Cedric Richmond and Senator Mary Landrieu, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, and the Avondale SOS Coalition. In a letter to Mabus, Sen Landrieu and Rep Richmond had pointed out that: “the Navy should not undermine” efforts to keep Avondale open by offering “incentives to HII” to shutter the shipyard. They pointed out that the closing of Avondale is “unacceptable” as it would lose shipbuilding knowledge in the region.