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HII Launches First Flight II San Antonio-Class LPD Amphib

Wednesday, October 9th, 2024

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HII Launches First Flight II San Antonio-Class LPD Amphib

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched the first San Antonio-class LPD Flight II amphibious transport dock ship, the future USS Harrisburg (LPD-30), on Oct. 5, 2025. (Photo: HII)

HII [HII] launched the first Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, the future USS Harrisburg (LPD-30), on Oct. 5 at its Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard. The process entailed having the HII Ingalls Shipbuilding division team transition the ship from land to the company’s floating dry dock via translation railcars. Ingalls finished the final prep work in dry dock before launch. LPD-30 is the first of the new variant of amphibious transport dock ships, meant to lower costs of the…

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