The Democratic governor did not talk politics while visiting Alabama, but focused solely on the Navy ship that will be built in Mobile and named after the capital city of Lansing.
Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited Alabama Friday to serve as the sponsor for the 14th and final U.S. Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel that will be built at Mobile’s shipyard and delivered within the next 36 months.
“Let’s continue to work together and deliver for this beautiful county we are so fortunate to call home,” Whitmer said moments before she joined veteran Austal welder Emija Coleman to etch her name onto the future USNS Lansing . It was part of a keel laying ceremony that is common before the construction of a Navy ship at the Australian-based Austal plant that first opened in across the Mobile River from downtown Mobile in 1999.
Navy shipbuilding is in “a terrible state” — the worst in a quarter century, according to Eric Labs, a longtime naval analyst at the Congressional Budget Office,Austal USA held a keel laying ceremony for the future USNS Lansing on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, at the company's shipyard in Mobile, Ala. Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined U.S.
“The American taxpayer is having a great return on these ships,” said Larry Ryder, vice-president of business development and external affairs with Austal. “There are 14 delivered to date. They are doing a wide range of missions. They are extremely flexible. They have a large capacity to move people and can move equipment and supplies.”
“It’s kind of a closing and a coming full circle and seeing some of my efforts come together,” Carl said.
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