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Amphibious Ship Industrial Base Prepares for Next Steps to Keep LPD-28 Funding

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, May 8th, 2014

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Amphibious Ship Industrial Base Prepares for Next Steps to Keep LPD-28 Funding

Sailors operate a rigid-hull inflatable boat during training from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19). (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Phylicia A. Hanson/Released)

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…

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