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| Ingalls Shipbuilding, where I worked from 1972 until 1978 |
In 1972, I went to work for the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi. I was to remain there as a systems engineer and as a senior project engineer for the next 6 years. It was a satisfying and exciting place to work. In 1977, during my tenure there, the shipyard employed over 27,000 people. It was by far Mississippi's largest employer.
In 2001, Litton Industries was acquired by Northrop Grumman Corporation. Then, in 2011, Northrop Grumman spun off the shipbuilding sector of its organization, including Ingalls Shipbuilding, into a newly defined company called Huntington Ingalls Industries. This corporation is now the largest manufacturer of ships for the US Navy, with a backlog of up to $4 billion if options to purchase are exercised.
Yesterday, it was announced that Huntington Ingalls is in the process of acquiring Camber Corporation, my employer for the last 26 years. Is it not an incredibly small world? My employee number at Camber is 0005. I wonder how many digits my new employee number will have if the deal goes through.
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