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Navy/USMC

TOTE Sees New Marine Corps Landing Ship As A Three Yard Solution, Sure Bollinger and Fincantieri Will Get More Orders

Thursday, July 30th, 2026

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TOTE Sees New Marine Corps Landing Ship As A Three Yard Solution, Sure Bollinger and Fincantieri Will Get More Orders

Representations of the Navy and Marine Corps' future Landing Ship Medium, derived from Damen Naval's LST-100 design landing ship transport design. (Image: U.S. Navy)

TOTE Services LLC, the Vessel Construction Manager (VCM) for the Navy and Marine Corps’ Medium Landing Ships (LSM), envisions the program as a “three shipyard solution” in order to provide up the 35 vessels and expects to eventually award more orders to the two shipyards the Navy directed them to start with. Earlier this month, the Navy awarded TOTE a $2.2 billion contract to be VCM and manage subcontracts for construction of up to eight initial LSMs. The contract includes…

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