LPD 30 (HII picture)
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi, has actually been granted a $1,471,290,677 alteration to a formerly granted agreement for the purchase of the information layout and also building of Landing Platform Dock (LPD) 30, the initial LPD 17 Flight II ship.
Back in August in 2015, Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reported that its Ingalls Shipbuilding department had actually obtained a $165.5 million united state Navy breakthrough purchase agreement to supply lengthy preparation product and also breakthrough building tasks for LPD 30.
At that time, Huntington Ingalls kept in mind that the Navy’s demand to change the retiring LSD 41/49 course of aquatic ships will certainly be fulfilled by creating and also obtaining the 2nd trip of the existing LPD 17 course, starting with LPD 30. The added abilities of LPD Flight II will certainly sustain brand-new and also arising united state Marine Corps and also Navy needs such as the Ship- to-Shore Connector, CH-53K helicopter and also boosted army armory/weapons stowage.
The 684-foot-long, 105-foot-wide San Antonio course ships are made use of to begin and also land Marines, their tools and also products onto land using air pillow or standard touchdown craft and also aquatic attack cars, increased by helicopters or upright launch and also touchdown airplane such as the MV-22 Osprey.
