Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS) was formerly a sector or division of

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Corporation which was responsible for building small and medium shipping products. It was merged with another sector of Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman Newport News, which was responsible for building

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s and supercarriers, to form the sector

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. NGSS was headquartered in Pascagoula,

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. It was formed by the union of Ingalls Shipbuilding and Avondale Shipyard companies, reorganized as NGSS Ingalls Operations and NGSS Avondale Operations. NGSS facilities are located in Pascagoula,

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, Bridge City,

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, and Tallulah, Louisiana. On March 31, 2011, Northrop Grumman spun off its shipbuilding sector (including Ingalls Shipbuilding) into a new corporation,

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Ships

* NGSS was awarded the contract to construct the (LPD) fleet; including , , and . * NGSS repaired the destroyer after it was damaged in an attack in

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. * NGSS built three s for Israel, based on Israeli designs. These ships include (1993), (1993) and (1994).

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* Northrop Grumman Defunct manufacturing companies based in Mississippi Pascagoula, Mississippi {{US-manufacturing-company-stub