The Navy today awarded Ingalls Shipbuilding a $105.5 million contract for the "repair and restoration" of the Cole destroyer, which was damaged by a bomb blast last year. The deal, awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command, will cover work through February 2002, according to a Defense Department announcement. The Ingalls-built Cole, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer based in Norfolk, VA, was severely damaged last October when a small boat blew up near it as it was refueling in...
