The USS San Antonio (LPD-17) arrived at Naval Station Norfolk on Tuesday, after spending 257 days at sea, traveling nearly 49 ...

Welcome back to The Daily Aviation as we discover the San Antonio-class LPD, the newest US Navy amphibious ship. Voice, text ...

Congressional decision-makers are working with the Navy to explore massively speeding up construction of its emerging fleet of new amphibious assault ships --- as part of an urgent push to expand the ...

The following is the May 17, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Navy LPD-17 Flight II Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress. The Navy wants to procure a total of 13 ...

HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has secured a $240 million contract to obtain materials and begin construction efforts for the U.S. Navy’s future LPD-32 amphibious transport dock.

The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) departed Huntington Ingalls Shipyard to conduct acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Acceptance trials are the last significant milestone before delivery of ...

July 5 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy's future amphibious transport dock, the USS Portland, is back at its shipyard in Mississippi after successfully completing Builder's Trials. The ship, built at Huntington ...

On Dec. 17, an Avondale-led coalition was awarded a contract worth $641 million to design, construct and support the U.S. Navy's initial LPD-17 ship, with an option covering two additional ships which ...

An HII (NYSE: HII) shipbuilding division will design and construct a third Flight II amphibious ship for the U.S. Navy under a $1.3 billion contract modification. The award comes nine months after ...

Amphibious transport dock New Orleans, right, sails alongside a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force craft on June 13, 2021. (MC3 Jomark Almazan/U.S. Navy) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy wants to buy one ...

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 ...