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Ingalls Starts Fabrication on Future USS Fallujah

HII Photo

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

Ingalls Eyeing LPD Cost Reductions, Capability Increases As Future Fleet Design Evolves

USS Arlington (LPD-24) transits the Mediterranean Sea on Feb. 1, 2019. US Navy Photo

As the Navy looks to smaller and cheaper manned and unmanned ships to fill out its future fleet, a larger amphibious warship program is positioning itself to remain in shipbuilding plans by highlighting the ability to continue bringing costs down – including through a potential first-ever multi-ship buy – and adding capability.
The San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks (LPD-17) went from a troubled new...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/21/ingalls-eyeing-lpd-cost-reductions-capability-increases-as-future-fleet-design-evolves

Senator Wants to Keep Amphib Construction Moving, After FY 2020 Budget Request Delays Programs

Tripoli (LHA-7) is launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. on March 1, 2017. US Navy Photo

CAPITOL HILL – A Mississippi senator is pushing to get the Navy authority to begin advance procurement and early construction activities on two amphibious ships, despite the Navy’s budget request that show those two ships being purchased in full later than the shipbuilder might like.

This current year’s budget spends about $350 million for America-class amphibious...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/28/senator-wants-keep-amphib-construction-moving-fy-2020-budget-request-delays-programs

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

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