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SECNAV Confirms Amphib Multi-Ship Buy Coming Soon

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024

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SECNAV Confirms Amphib Multi-Ship Buy Coming Soon

Artist rendering of the first Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, LPD-30. (Image: HII)

The Secretary of the Navy on Tuesday confirmed the government is negotiating a multi-ship procurement of four amphibious ships, with an announcement expected within weeks. “I think you’ll see something here very soon, and I mean that, I'm not going to get into the details of the negotiations with the actual shipyard. But in the case of the amphibious multi-year procurement…you know, we hope to be able to take a four-ship buy, basically with the LPDs and the one LHA…

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