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GD-NASSCO Wins $600 Million To Support Building Three Ships

Thursday, June 30th, 2022

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GD-NASSCO Wins $600 Million To Support Building Three Ships

The USNS Lewis B. Puller, (T-ESB 3), the first Expeditionary Mobile Base in the formerly Mobile Landing Platform program. (Photo: General Dynamics)

The Navy awarded General Dynamics’ National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) [GD] $600 million in two contract modifications on June 28 to procure long-lead-time material to support construction of two new fleet oilers and an Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship. Under the first modification, NASSCO won $500 million for materials to support construction of the future John Lewis-class fleet oilers T-AO-211 and 212. This work is expected to mostly occur in Iron Mountain, Mich. (27 percent); San Diego (22 percent);…

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