PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — Retired Rear Adm. John Prendergast III has been named executive vice president of shipbuilder VT Halter Marine.
Company officials say Prendergast will be responsible for government contracts, Department of Defense/Department of Homeland Security interface, procurement and inventory management.
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Prendergast spent more than 30 years in the Navy, earning his commission in 1979 through the ROTC program at Notre Dame. He served on board the USS George Washington Carver, USS Carl Vinson and USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Upon his retirement from the Navy, Prendergast was named as the director of sustainment business operations for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company.
VT Halter Marine operates one ship construction facility in Pascagoula and two others in Moss Point. It designs, builds and repairs a variety of ocean vessels.
