Navy

Ingalls christens amphibious transport dock Harrisburg (LPD 30)

HII (NYSE: HII) christened the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Harrisburg (LPD 30) January 11 in a ceremony at its Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss.

LPD 30 is named after Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s capital city, and commemorates that city’s rich history and longstanding support of the United States military. From its origins as a trading outpost to the present, the city of Harrisburg has played a key role in the development of the nation’s industrial history. It also...

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GAO report slams Navy cruiser modernization efforts

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report that is sharply critical of a Navy cruiser modernization program that began when Congress rejected Navy proposals made in 2012 and 2013 to retire several of the ships and instead provided funding to modernize them.

In response, says GAO, the Navy planned to use a phased approach to modernization that would extend 11 cruisers’ service life by five years and upgrade the vessels’ combat capability. The Navy originally planned to...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/gao-report-slams-navy-cruiser-modernization-efforts/

New GAO report highlights sorry condition of Navy amphibious warfare ships

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A new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds that sixteen out of the 32 ships in the Navy’s amphibious warfare ship fleet are considered to be in “poor material condition” by the service’s own standards.

Amphibious warfare ships are critical for Marine Corps missions, but the Navy has struggled to ensure they are available for operations and training, says GAO. In some cases, ships in the amphibious fleet have not been available for years at a time. The Navy and Marine Corps...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/new-gao-report-highlights-sorry-condition-of-navy-amphibious-warfare-ships/

Op-Ed: The degradation and recovery of U.S. shipbuilding

By Ted Williams, President of Senesco Marine LLC

Global maritime supremacy has been a cornerstone of our national security for decades. However, today, we have not only lost this supremacy, we are not even close to being able to regain it if needed. We are a nation with almost 12,000 miles of coast line. A leading global power that requires our maritime military to not only defend, but also to mobilize and have a world-wide presence to ensure peace and stability is maintained. Commercially, we...

https://www.marinelog.com/views/op-ed-the-degradation-and-recovery-of-u-s-shipbuilding/

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