Ingalls Shipbuilding is set to christen the USS Harrisburg, the first Flight II in the class constructed for the U.S. Navy.
This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2024. This year the U.S. Navy struggled to keep its ...
"The LPD-17 program is the lifeblood of the industrial ... lobby to build the Navy's planned 19 destroyers and a new class of Arsenal ships. The yard will also pursue international navy contracts ...
The yard is also a member of one of the teams bidding to build the 12-ship LPD-17 class of vessels. In a collaborative effort with Ingalls, Lockheed Martin and NASSCO, the team has submitted a bid ...
with the remaining ships to be LPD/LSD-type. San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Somerset is seen anchored at Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on June 3 ...
Ford-class aircraft carrier taps a supplier base ... A September 2024 contract award for three Flight II ships (LPD 33, LPD 34 and LPD 35) runs through September 2035, with work spread to ...
The Chinese LHD is 237m long and 35m wide. Air defense consists of two 30mm CIWS Close in Weapons Systems and two HQ-10 SAM Surface to Air Missile launchers.
When the USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) docked at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island from Nov. 21-24, it was especially ...
Federal law requires the Navy to include at least 31 operational amphibious warfare ships, consisting of at least 10 LHA/LHD-type "big-deck" vessels, with the remaining ships to be LPD/LSD-type.