
The USS Tripoli (LHA-7) completed its Fitting Out Availability (FOA) on March 26 and is next set to undergo sea trials, the Navy said March 31. The Navy accepted delivery of the second America-class amphibious assault ship from shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] over a year ago (Defense Daily, Feb. 28, 2020). As a “large deck amphib,” the ship will transport elements of a Marine Expeditionary Unit or Marine Expeditionary Brigade via aircraft and landing craft. LHA-7 is homeported in…