Ingalls Shipbuilding

Report to Congress on Navy LPD-17 Flight II Amphibious Ship Program

The following is the May 17, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Navy LPD-17 Flight II Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress.

From the report

The Navy wants to procure a total of 13 LPD-17 Flight II amphibious ships. LPD-17 Flight II ships cost roughly $1.8 billion each to procure. The first LPD-17 Flight II ship, LPD-30, was procured in FY2018. As part of its action on the Navy’s proposed FY2019 budget, Congress provided $350 million in unrequested advance...

https://news.usni.org/2019/05/27/report-to-congress-on-navy-lpd-17-flight-ii-amphibious-ship-program

Budget Concerns Led Huntington Ingalls to Sit Out Coast Guard Icebreaker Contest

Ingalls Shipbuilding lands the 700-ton deckhouse on the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7) on July 9, 2016. Ingalls Shipbuilding photo.

The U.S. Coast Guard offered industry the potential for a multi-ship, multi-year, multi-billion-dollar program in its heavy icebreaker competition – but funding uncertainties gave some of the nation’s largest shipbuilders cold feet when it came time to bid.

Mike Petters, chief executive of Huntington Ingalls Industries, said his company opted to pass on...

https://news.usni.org/2019/05/02/budget-concerns-led-huntington-ingalls-to-sit-out-coast-guard-icebreaker-contest

Destroyer Struck by Barge in Pier-Side Incident at Ingalls Shipbuilding

M/V Hawk approaching Ingalls Shipbuilding on March 29, 2019 with the floating dry dock. via WLOX

This post will be updated as new information becomes available.

An under-construction Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer was hit by a barge while it was pier-side at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., according to a statement from Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Delbert Black (DDG-119) was pier-side at the yard at the same time heavy-lift ship M/V Hawk was arriving from Qingdao, China to...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/30/destroyer-struck-barge-pier-side-incident-ingalls-shipbuilding

Arleigh Burke Program Manager: Flight III Production ‘On Track’

“The reason for the ship is to field the SPY-6 and the Aegis Baseline 10 for improved capability in missile defense,” Capt. Casey Moton said at a a forum sponsored by the American Society of Naval Engineers. The radar is being tested at the Pacific Missile Test Range, just completed its last anti-missile test event and did very well, Moton said.

Moton gave a brief rundown on the overall DDG-51 program, noting that 66 ships have been delivered to the Navy, the 67th could be delivered as soon as...

https://news.usni.org/2019/02/22/arleigh-burke-program-manager-flight-iii-production-on-track

Amphibious Community Pushes for Continued Spending Amid Worries About 2020 Shipbuilding Plan

The amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) steam in formation while participating in a photo exercise in the Arabian Gulf on Nov. 28, 2017. US Navy photo.

CAPITOL HILL – The amphibious warship community and supporters on Thursday pushed for continued momentum for shipbuilding, amid growing concerns that the upcoming Fiscal Year 2020 ship construction plan may not be as generous as the 2019 plan was.

Things are looking...

https://news.usni.org/2019/02/07/amphibious-community-pushes-continued-spending-amid-worries-2020-shipbuilding-plan

N95 Coffman Says Accelerate Big Deck Amphib Construction, Cut LSD Modernization Program

The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group steams in formation on Dec. 24, 2018. Navy photo.

ARLINGTON, Va. – In an attempt to address a “capacity problem” in the amphibious ship fleet, the head of expeditionary warfare wants to accelerate the construction of new amphibious assault ships and stop a lengthy upgrade program for the aging LSDs to return them to fleet operations.

The aging Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships (LSD-41/49) will be replaced on a one-for-one basis with the much more...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/22/n95-coffman-says-accelerate-big-deck-amphib-construction-cut-lsd-modernization-program

Navy Awards Bath Iron Works a Second FY 2019 Destroyer, In First Move to 3-a-Year Buy Rate

USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) during construction at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. BIW photo.

The Navy awarded General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works a second destroyer for Fiscal Year 2019, in the first contract option that accelerates DDG buys from the Navy’s previous two-a-year rate.

In September the Navy awarded the first 10 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in the five-year multiyear procurement contract that spans FY 2018 to 2022. Six ships went to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. – two...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/24/navy-awards-bath-iron-works-a-second-fy-2019-destroyer-in-first-move-to-3-a-year-buy-rate

Navy Awards Ingalls 6 Destroyers, Bath Iron Works 4 in Multiyear Deal; Ingalls to Build Both 2018 Ships

The Ingalls-built destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) launched at first light Saturday morning, Nov. 12, 2016. Ingalls Shipbuilding photo.

The Navy awarded six of its next Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to Ingalls Shipbuilding and four to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, in a combined $9-billion purchase right at the end of the fiscal year.

The two companies had been competing for work in a five-year multiyear procurement (MYP) deal that would cover at least 10 Flight III destroyers. The contracts...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/27/navy-awards-ingalls-6-destroyers-bath-iron-works-4-in-multiyear-deal-ingalls-to-build-both-fy-2018-ships

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