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• USS COLE ONE STEP CLOSER TO HOME

• SEVENTH NAVY SEALIFT SHIP CHRISTENED BENAVIDEZ AT NORTHROP GRUMMAN'S AVONDALE SHIPYARD

• U.S. NAVY COMMISSIONS SEVENTH INGALLS-BUILT LHD, USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) 'THE BEST THE UNITED STATES HAS TO OFFER'

• U.S. NAVY AWARDS $81 MILLION LHD 8 CONTRACT TO NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIP SYSTEMS' INGALLS OPERATIONS

• NORTHROP GRUMMAN INGALLS SHIPBUILDING, LOCKHEED MARTIN ESTABLISH JOINT VENTURE FOR U.S. COAST GUARD DEEPWATER PROGRAM

• NORTHROP GRUMMAN-BUILT AEGIS DESTROYER CONGRESSMAN SAYS NEWEST DESTROYER PROMOTES PEACE, DEMOCRACY

• NEW AEGIS DESTROYER, DDG 88, TO BE CHRISTENED "PREBLE" AT NORTHROP GRUMMAN INGALLS SHIPBUILDING ON JUNE 9, 2001

• U.S. NAVY AWARDS $196.5 MILLION TO NORTHROP GRUMMAN LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING TO SUPPORT LHD 8 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

• NORTHROP GRUMMAN-BUILT AEGIS DESTROYER USS LASSEN CALLED '...A MARVEL OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL INGENUITY'

• AEGIS DESTROYER USS LASSEN (DDG 82), BUILT BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING, SETS APRIL 21, 2001, COMMISSIONING IN TAMPA, FLORIDA

• NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION COMPLETES TENDER OFFER FOR LITTON INDUSTRIES, INC.; ACQUISITION CREATES $15 BILLION TOP-TIER GLOBAL DEFENSE ENTERPRISE

• NAVY'S NEWEST LITTON INGALLS-BUILT SURFACE COMBATANT, SHOUP (DDG86), HONORS HEROIC WW II MARINE

• NEW AEGIS DESTROYER TO BE CHRISTENED "SHOUP" AT LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING

• LITTON INGALLS GETS FUNDING FOR USS COLE RESTORATION

• LITTON INGALLS DELIVERS ITS 14TH AEGIS DESTROYER TO U.S. NAVY

• FAREWELL BLUE MARLIN -- USS COLE REMOVED FROM HEAVY LIFT SHIP AT LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING

• NORTHROP GRUMMAN TO ACQUIRE LITTON INDUSTRIES FOR $80 PER SHARE CASH

• USS COLE (DDG 67) RETURNS TO LITTON INGALLS FOR RESTORATION

• KEEL-LAYING CEREMONY FOR FIRST SHIP IN LPD 17 CLASS, USS SAN ANTONIO, HELD AT LITTON AVONDALE INDUSTRIES

• U.S. NAVY AWARDS LITTON INGALLS $338.2 MILLION SHIPBUILDING CONTRACT

• SIXTH U. S. NAVY STRATEGIC SEALIFT SHIP CHRISTENED BRITTIN

• USS ROOSEVELT (DDG 80), LITTON-INGALLS BUILT AEGIS DESTROYER, CALLED 'A TESTAMENT TO OUR NATION'S RESOLVE'

• POLAR TANKERS EXERCISES $197 MILLION OPTION FOR FOURTH DOUBLE HULL TANKER

• LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING AWARDED $57.6 MILLION FOR U.S. NAVY FLEET SUPPORT WORK

• HEALY IS COMMISSIONED, TRANSITS NORTHWEST PASSAGE

• CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY ON THIRD DOUBLE HULL TANKER

• LITTON INGALLS-BUILT USS ROOSEVELT (DDG 80) READY FOR COMMISSIONING ON OCTOBER 14, 2000

• LITTON SHIP SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES RE-ALIGNMENT

• LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING GETS $49.8 MILLION U.S. NAVY CONTRACT TO BEGIN WORK ON EIGHTH LHD AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP

• LITTON RECEIVES APPROVAL TO BEGIN FULL PRODUCTION OF SAN ANTONIO (LPD 17)

• LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST U.S.-BUILT CRUISE SHIP IN 40 YEARS

• NEW AEGIS DESTROYER, DDG 84, CALLED "...A VESSEL OF WAR, A VESSEL OF VALUES", WHEN CHRISTENED "BULKELEY" AT LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING

• LITTON SHIP SYSTEMS FULL SERVICE CENTER HOLDS RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY

• DD 21 GOLD TEAM SELECTS NEWPORT NEWS TEAM FOR PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

• "AWESOME" AEGIS DESTROYER ROOSEVELT (DDG 80) DELIVERED TO U.S. NAVY BY LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING

• LITTON AVONDALE AWARDED $477.7 MILLION CONTRACT FOR ADDITIONAL LPD 17 SHIP

• LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING AWARDED $41.7 MILLION FOR ONGOING ENGINEERING, PLANNING SERVICES TO U.S. NAVY'S AEGIS DESTROYER PROGRAM

• LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING UNVEILS NEW INTEGRATED TOPSIDE DEMONSTRATION SYSTEM

• LITTON AVONDALE INDUSTRIES DELIVERS THIRD U. S. NAVY SEALIFT SHIP, USNS SEAY

• LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING, SEAAMERICA REACH AGREEMENT ON CRUISE SHIP PROGRAM

• IWO JIMA (LHD 7), U.S. NAVY?S NEWEST ASSAULT SHIP, "WILL SAIL IN WAKE OF AMERICA'S HEROES"

• SON OF SURIBACHI FLAG RAISER TO DELIVER PRINCIPAL ADDRESS FOR IWO JIMA (LHD 7) CHRISTENING AT LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING

• PROJECT AMERICA IS ON TRACK AT LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING

• LITTON INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF NEW COMPANY TO PROVIDE FULL RANGE OF SHIPBUILDING-RELATED SERVICES

• LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING-PRODUCED AEGIS DESTROYER ROOSEVELT (DDG 80) COMPLETES INITIAL PREDELIVERY SEA TRIALS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

• LITTON INGALLS FACILITY EXPANSION PROGRAM IN FULL SWING,BOOSTS COMPETITIVE EDGE, PRODUCTIVITY

• AVONDALE ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES NAVY CONTRACT FOR SHIP VALUED AT $491.9 MILLION

• LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING, LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP HIGH-TECH APPLICATIONS FOR THE U.S. NAVY

• U.S. NAVY AWARDS LITTON INGALLS $660 MILLION SHIPBUILDING CONTRACT

• LITTON INGALLS-LED INDUSTRY TEAM AWARDED $98.4 MILLION FOR PHASE TWO OF DD 21 PROGRAM

• NEW NAVY DESTROYER HONORS VIETNAM HERO CONGRESSMAN CALLS FOR SENSE OF SERVICE TO DEAL WITH FUTURE THREATS

• JERRY ST. PÉ AND PHIL CALIAN HONORED BY THE MARITIME PORT COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW YORK AND VICINITY

• NEW AEGIS DESTROYER TO BE CHRISTENED "LASSEN" (DDG 82) AT LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING

• LITTON INGALLS AWARDED $1.5 MILLION FOR FIRST PHASE OF T-ADC(X) CARGO SHIP PROGRAM

• AVONDALE SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE MERGER WITH LITTON

• 33-YEAR EMPLOYEE W. PATRICK KEENE NAMED PRESIDENT OF LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING

• AVONDALE VINDICATED BY UNANIMOUS 5TH CIRCUIT COURT DECISION

• GERALD J. ST. PÉ ELECTED LITTON EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF NEWLY FORMED LITTON SHIP SYSTEMS

• AVONDALE SETS SHAREHOLDER MEETING DATE

• DISCOVERER ENTERPRISE DEPARTS LITTON INGALLS

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO MERGE WITH LITTON INDUSTRIES, INC.

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES BOARD DETERMINATION

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES RECEIPT OF UNSOLICITED ACQUISITION PROPOSAL

• AVONDALE REPORTS HIGHER FIRST-QUARTER EARNINGS

• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REJECTS GENERAL DYNAMICS' ACQUISITION OF NEWPORT NEWS

• USS PORTER (DDG 78) HAILED AS "READY TO SAIL...READY TO SERVE...READY TO WIN!"

• USS PORTER (DDG 78), LITTON INGALLS-BUILT AEGIS DESTROYER, TO BE COMMISSIONED IN FLORIDA

• LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING, AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO. SIGN MAJOR CONTRACT FOR CRUISE SHIP CONTSTRUCTION

• DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CLEARS NEWPORT NEWS' ACQUISITION OF AVONDALE

• NEWPORT NEWS HAS RECEIVED TAKEOVER PROPOSAL FROM GENERAL DYNAMICS

• AVONDALE REPORTS 1998 GAINS

• FDR, ELEANOR 'WILL SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION' FOR NEW AEGIS DESTROYER ROOSEVELT'S FUTURE CREWMEMBERS ABOARD DDG 80

• NEW AEGIS DESTROYER TO BE CHRISTENED ROOSEVELT (DDG 80) AT LITTON INGALLS

• NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND AVONDALE INDUSTRIES TO MERGE

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES NAVY CONTRACTS FOR TWO SHIPS VALUED AT $454.7 MILLION

• LITTON INGALLS WINS MODERNIZATION CONTRACT FOR USS JOHN L. HALL

• U.S. NAVY AWARDS INGALLS $620 MILLION SHIPBUILDING CONTRACT

• AVONDALE REPORTS 23% GAIN IN THIRD-QUARTER EARNINGS PER SHARE

• AMCV, LITTON INGALLS SHIPBUILDING IN NEGOTIONATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CRUISE SHIPS

• ARCO MARINE EXERCISES $164 MILLION OPTION FOR THIRD TANKER

• LITTON INGALLS AWARDED $86.7 MILLION FOR ONGOING FLEET SUPPORT EFFORTS

• AVONDALE ALLIANCE AWARDED $7.0 MILLION U.S. COAST GUARD DESIGN CONTRACT

• LITTON INGALLS, TEAMMATES BEGIN WORK IN U.S.C.G. DEEPWATER PROGRAM

• AVONDALE RESPONDS TO UNION CLAIMS REGARDING SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

• DD 21 ALLIANCE AWARDED $68.5 MILLION FOR PHASE ONE DESIGN WORK

• U.S. MILITARY LEADERSHIP HAILED AT COMMISSIONING OF USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6)

• USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6) READY FOR AUGUST 15 COMMISSIONING

• AVONDALE REPORTS 23% INCREASE IN SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS PER SHARE

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES AWARD OF A CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR LONG-LEAD TIME MATERIAL

• LITTON INGALLS TO OUTFIT DRILLSHIP FOR TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE

• UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND AVONDALE DEDICATE

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES NEW STEEL FABRICATION FACILITY IN MADISON PARISH

• LITTON INGALLS DELIVERS COAST GUARD INTEGRATED DEEPWATER PROGRAM PROPOSAL

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES TENDER OFFER TO PURCHASE UP TO 1.25 MILLION SHARES OF ITS COMMON STOCK

• LITTON INGALLS TO REPAIR SECOND DOLPHIN JACKUP RIG

• USS MCFAUL CALLED "A MAGNIFICENT, WORLD-CLASS TOOL" IN NAVY'S ARSENAL

• AVONDALE REPORTS 19% INCREASE IN FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS PER SHARE

• LITTON INGALLS SIGNS MAJOR OFFSHORE CONTRACT WITH SEAREX

• ST PÉ PRESENTED NIMITZ AWARD BY NAVY LEAGUE OF U.S

• LITTON INGALLS RECEIVES RFP FOR U.S. COAST GUARD DEEPWATER PROJECT

• LITTON INGALLS TO MARKET STATE-OF-THE-ART JACK UP DESIGN

• U.S NAVY AWARD TO LITTON INGALLS TOTALS $2.8 BILLION

• AVONDALE REPORTS RECORD 1997 INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

• INGALLS TO MODERNIZE VENEZUELAN FRIGATES

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES EXERCISE OF A CONTRACT OPTION FOR ADDITIONAL STRATEGIC SEALIFT SHIP

• AVONDALE REPORTS THIRD QUARTER EARNINGS NET INCOME INCREASES 23% FROM THIRD QUARTER 1996

• SECOND NAVY STRATEGIC SEALIFT SHIP CHRISTENED FISHER AT AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., OCTOBER 18, 1997

• AVONDALE & INGALLS EXECUTE AGREEMENT TO PURSUE SHIPBUILDING PROJECTS

• AVONDALE REPORTS SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES $332 MILLION CONTRACT FOR TWO COMMERCIAL CRUDE CARRIERS WITH ARCO MARINE, INC. WITH OPTIONS FOR THREE ADDITIONAL SHIPS

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES AWARD OF NEW OPTION FOR ADDITIONAL STRATEGIC SEALIFT SHIP

• AVONDALE WITHDRAWS REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR OFFERING OF 3.0 MILLION SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

• AVONDALE REPORTS 30% INCREASE IN FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS PER SHARE

• AVONDALE'S AWARD OF LPD-17 NAVY CONTRACT REAFFIRMED BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

• FIRST NAVY STRATEGIC SEALIFT SHIP CHRISTENED USNS BOB HOPE AT AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., MARCH 15, 1997

• AVONDALE FILES REGISTRATION STATEMENT COVERING 3.0 MILLION SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

• AVONDALE REPORTS RECORD 1996 INCOME

• AVONDALE AWARDED $641 MILLION NAVY CONTRACT FOR FIRST LPD-17 SHIP; FULL PROGRAM EXPECTED TO INCLUDE 12 VESSELS

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES EXERCISE OF A CONTRACT OPTION FOR ADDITIONAL STRATEGIC SEALIFT SHIP

• AVONDALE REPORTS THIRD QUARTER RESULTS

• AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., CHRISTENS FIRST DOUBLE-HULLED TANKER, CAPTAIN H. A. DOWNING, FOR AHL SHIPPING COMPANY

• AVONDALE INDUSTRIES AWARDED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S JAMES S. COGSWELL AWARD FOR INDUSTRIAL SECURITY

• AVONDALE REPORTS SECOND QUARTER RESULTS

• AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., DELIVERIES USNS LARAMIE (T-AO 203)

• AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., LAUNCHES FIRST DOUBLE-HULL PRODUCT/CHEMICAL CARRIER

• AVONDALE REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH THE U.S. NAVY ON ITS REQUEST FOR EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT FOR THE COASTAL MINEHUNTER PROGRAM

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR ADDITIONAL STRATEGIC SEALIFT SHIP

• AVONDALE ESOP PLANS OFFERING OF 3,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

• AVONDALE AND MARITRANS OCEAN TRANSPORT INC. SIGN SHIPYARD CONTRACT

• AVONDALE REPORTS THIRD QUARTER INCOME

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES KEEL LAYING FOR FIRST DOUBLE- HULL PRODUCT/CHEMICAL CARRIER FOR AMERICAN HEAVY LIFT SHIPPING COMPANY

• AVONDALE TEAMS WITH BATH AND HUGHES FOR LPD-17 PROGRAM

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES CONTRACT WITH PRIMORSK SHIPPING GROUP

• AVONDALE REPORTS SIGNIFICANT SECOND QUARTER GAINS

• AVONDALE DELIVERS BALLY'S "BELLE OF ORLEANS"

• AVONDALE ANNOUNCES CONTRACT FOR RIVER HOPPER BARGES

• AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., CHRISTENS AND LAUNCHES BALLY'S "BELLE OF NEW ORLEANS"

• AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., AND AMERICAN HEAVY LIFTSHIPPING COMPANY REACH AGREEMENT

• PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS TAKE PART IN KEEL-LAYING CEREMONY FOR AVONDALE SHIP PEARL HARBOR (LSD-52)

• AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., CHRISTENS T-AO 204,RAPPAHANNOCK, FOR THE U.S. NAVY