PHOTO RELEASE--Huntington Ingalls Industries Christens Amphibious Assault Ship Tripoli (LHA 7)
(World News USA)

PASCAGOULA, Miss., Sept. 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries` (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division christened the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7) today with approximately 2,000 guests in attendance. Lynne Mabus, wife of former Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, is the ship`s sponsor and officially christened Tripoli after successfully breaking a bottle of sparkling wine across its bow. `I`d like to thank the shipbuilders, who, through what must be supernatural abilities, have built something that goes beyond anything nature could create,` Mabus said. `This ship was built by the hands of the women...