US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has confirmed that the US Navy’s fifth America-class amphibious assault ship (LHA) will be named USS Helmand Province. The LHA commemorates the multiple US Marine Corps operations that took place in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province as part of Operation...
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SECNAV Del Toro Previews Major Amphibious Warship Buy
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said he expects “a major announcement” in the next few weeks on a new multi-year procurement agreement to build three San Antonio-class amphibious warships and an America-class big deck amphibious warship at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi.
The Navy has been negotiating “as low a price as possible” for the ships that the sea services view as essential to future expeditionary...
https://news.usni.org/2024/04/23/secnav-del-toro-previews-major-amphibious-warship-buy
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | December 7 – Spanish Navy’s newest submarine, Israeli Navy attack craft launch and more
The Spanish Navy takes delivery of a new submarine as a future Israeli Navy patrol boat is launched into the water for the first time. The US Navy christens an amphibious assault ship. Finally, a Dutch-German partnership begins construction of a new frigate for the German Navy. Lead boat of new...
Ingalls Shipbuilding christens LHA 8
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division christened the U.S. Navy’s third America-class amphibious assault ship Bougainville (LHA 8), December 2.
“Today is not only a day to celebrate our namesake, representatives of the successful outcome of a World War II campaign, but also the team work and collaboration of our United States Navy and Marine Corps that enabled it,” Ingalls Shipbuilding president Kari Wilkinson said. “To fulfill our mission here in the shipyard, our sailors...
https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/ingalls-shipbuilding-christens-lha-8/
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | October 3 – Italian and Australian patrol vessels plus US Navy surface ships
The US Navy welcomes a surface combatant into service while the Italian Navy takes delivery of a new offshore patrol ship. Construction continues on a future US Navy aircraft-capable amphibious ship. Finally, a Western Australia government office places an order for a multi-role vessel that will be built locally. US Navy commissions littoral combat ship […]
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Report to Congress on U.S. Amphibious Warship Programs
The following is the March 31, 2023, Congressional Research Service report, Navy LPD-17 Flight II and LHA Amphibious Ship Programs: Background and Issues for Congress.
From the report
The Navy is currently building two types of amphibious ships: LPD-17 Flight II class amphibious ships, and LHA-type amphibious assault ships. Both types are built by Huntington Ingalls Industries/Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII/Ingalls) of Pascagoula, MS. Required numbers and types of amphibious ships are reportedly...
https://news.usni.org/2023/04/06/report-to-congress-on-u-s-amphibious-warship-programs
Navy: OSD Directed Amphib Procurement Pause, Joint Staff Says Current Amphib Force ‘Sufficient’
A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Rein.), flies over the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD-24) on May 3, 2022. US Navy Photo
THE PENTAGON – A new study directed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense led to the halt in amphibious ship procurement so the Navy can evaluate requirements and cost efficiencies, a Navy official said Monday.
“We received direction from OSD, but this will be an integrated team...
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | December 23 – Japanese and Indian warship deliveries, Italian-Greek corvette production deal and more
New vessels have been handed over to the Indian Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force as a US Navy destroyer commences trials. Construction has meanwhile begun o ..
Ingalls Starts Fabrication on Future USS Fallujah
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Ingalls Shipbuilding has cut steel on the fourth America-class big-deck amphibious warship at its Mississippi shipyard, the company announced on Tuesday.
The shipyard has cut 100 tons of steel for the future USS Fallujah (LHA-9) after completing a final Navy production review.
Fallujah “will be the second Flight I ship and will retain the aviation capability of the America-class design while adding the surface assault capability of a well deck and a larger flight deck configured for...
https://news.usni.org/2022/12/20/ingalls-starts-fabrication-on-future-uss-fallujah
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | December 15 – Patrol boats for Mozambique and Ivory Coast, Singapore’s future submarines and more
Deliveries include patrol boats for an Ivory Coast marine police force and the Mozambican Navy. Some notable vessels that are under construction are two submarines for ..