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Navy/USMC

LPD Hull Cost Must Come Down For Landing Dock Replacement, NAVSEA Chief Says

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, May 29th, 2014

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LPD Hull Cost Must Come Down For Landing Dock Replacement, NAVSEA Chief Says

Sailors operate a rigid-hull inflatable boat during training from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19). (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Phylicia A. Hanson/Released)

Using the hull for the San Antonio-class (LPD-17) amphibious transport dock ship to replace the Navy’s older fleet of amphibious LSD landing dock ships remains a possibility but is “off the table” at the current price, the chief of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) said Thursday. Vice Adm. William Hilarides told a small group of reporters that the LPD hull is too expensive to fit the role required for the landing dock ship mission, and that the design would have…

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