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GAO: LHA-8 Delayed 13 Months Due To Defects In Gear And Understaffing

Friday, June 10th, 2022

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GAO: LHA-8 Delayed 13 Months Due To Defects In Gear And Understaffing

A representation of the future USS Bougainville (LHA-8), an amphibious assault ship. (Image: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said delivery of the future USS Bougainville (LHA-8) amphibious assault ship is delayed by 13 months due to defects in the main reduction gears and understaffing for vessel construction. “LHA 8 construction progress is 37 percent complete as of September 2021 and the ship is expected to be delivered in February 2025—about a year later than originally planned—per program officials,” the GAO Weapons Systems Annual Assessment released on June 8 said. Previously, while…

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