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Lack of Navy Oversight Led To LPD-17 Shortfalls

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Thursday, May 26th, 2011

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The lack of adequate oversight by Navy personnel on construction work for the service's newest amphibious warship played a key role in the vessel's numerous development delays, senior service officials told Congress this week. The latest variants of the San Antonio-class ships (LPD-17) have been been plagued by technical issues during development, since shipbuilder Northrop Grumman [NOC] delivered it to the Navy in 2005. Northrop Grumman recently divested its shipbuilding interests into a new firm named Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII].…

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