All 95 employees of the Northrop Grumman shipbuilding facility in Tallulah will be out of work by Dec. 3, as the defense contractor announced today plans to close the fledgling plant as part of a larger consolidation announced last month.

“This reduction is a necessary step in our effort to maintain a healthy and productive industrial footprint in the Gulf Coast, and structure our workforce to meet future business needs,” Northrop’s vice president and general manager of Gulf Coast operations, Irwin F. Edenzon, said in a prepared statement.

On July 13 Northrop announced the closure of its shipyard in Avondale, La., near New Orleans, and plans move all work to its Pascagoula shipyard by 2013.

Along with the layoffs in Tallulah, the company announced today another 110 employees in Avondale will also be out of a job as part of the consolidation.

The Tallulah facility, created in recent years as a support and prefabrication facility for the coastal operations, will cease operations around Oct. 29, with a complete closure expected by Dec. 3. Company spokesperson Margaret Mitchell-Jones said most of the employees will be laid off in October, with a few remaining until the December closure.

As for the laid-off employees’ options and severance, Mitchell-Jones said it varies by worker.

“Some are union-represented and some are not,” she explained. “We are offering benefits where we can and talking to the union about other opportunities.”

Located about 20 miles west of Vicksburg, Tallulah has a population of about 9,200.

With 120,000 employees, Northrop is a major supplier of destroyers, assault ships and other vessels for the Navy and Coast Guard. It is also just one of two companies designing and building nuclear-powered submarines.

Northrop’s four other business sectors focus on development of aerospace, electronic, information and technical systems for the U.S. government and commercial customers worldwide. Northrop’s revenues in 2009 were $33.8 billion.