
The chairman of the Amphibious Warship Industrial Base Coalition (AWIBC) said that an $800 million addition to the House Armed Services Committee’s defense bill is a good start in its quest to build a 12th amphibious transport dock but acknowledged that there’s still a tough road to actually receiving that money. “The nation needs this ship. The Marine Corps needs this ship. And this ship really answers a very current and a very direct need by our combatant commanders...This ship…