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Navy/USMC

Last LPD Flight 1 Amphib Passed Acceptance Trials

Monday, March 4th, 2024

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Last LPD Flight 1 Amphib Passed Acceptance Trials

The future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD_29_ amphibious transport dock ship, the last Flight 1 version, conducting acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico in February 2024. (Photo: HII)

The last San Antonio-class Flight 1 amphibious transport dock ship completed acceptance trials, shipbuilder HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding[HII] said Monday. Acceptance trials had the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) spend several days successfully running the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) in exercises in the Gulf of Mexico. Ingalls is based in Pascagoula, Miss. The company said it will now spend the following weeks finishing work on the ship in preparation for delivery this year. LPD-29 is the…

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