LPD 32 would be the sixteenth ship within the San Antonio class and the third Flight II LPD.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reviews that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has obtained a $1.3 billion modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of the element design and development of amphibious transport dock LPD 32. The ensuing fixed-price-incentive contract totals $1.54 billion.
The ship would be the sixteenth within the San Antonio class and the third Flight II LPD.
“Our shipbuilders are dedicated to delivering these ships to our Navy and Marine Corps partners, having done so for over two decades,” stated Ingalls Shipbuilding president Kari Wilkinson. “This program is strong and has enabled the Department of Navy and Ingalls to establish a formidable capability based on a mature design, an ever-increasingly efficient production line, and a team of shipbuilders that keep the Navy’s critical industrial base network across the country strong.”
In June 2022, Ingalls Shipbuilding was awarded a $240 million advance procurement contract for LPD 32 from the Navy to supply long-lead-time materials and advance development actions. The funds from this contract allowed Ingalls to start buying long-lead time materials and main gear throughout a provider community of almost 400 firms in 30 states.
Ingalls Shipbuilding is the only builder of the whole San Antonio class of ships and presently has three LPDs underneath development, together with Richard M. McCool (LPD 29); Harrisburg (LPD 30), the primary Flight II LPD; and Pittsburgh (LPD 31), which started fabrication in September 2022. LPD Flight II is the following era amphibious ship to exchange Whidbey Island (LSD 41) and Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) lessons of dock touchdown ships.
Amphibious transport docks are a serious a part of the Navy’s twenty first century expeditionary drive, deployed with a U.S. Marine Corps Air-Ground Task Force for amphibious and expeditionary disaster response operations that vary from deterrence and joint-force enablement to humanitarian help and catastrophe reduction.
