In that sense LPD 17 is a lot like the Marine Corps itself, and it is no secret that the Marines played a central role in assuring the vessels would be more reliable, survivable, habitable and ...

The Navy-Marine Corps team was meant to get a big boost in capability when the services decided that a slightly modified San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock (LPD-17) would replace the ...

Navy and Marine leaders are mulling how to up-gun the San Antonio-class LPD Flight II ships and whether to buy more attack submarines to boost capability.

The two ships are similar in design to the U.S. LPD 17 (San Antonio) class. Both classes are about 620 feet long, but the LPD 17s ... plus roomier living accommodations (made possible by the smaller ...

But Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger disagreed with Del Toro and Gilday that the Flight II ships had increased in price. “They are affordable,” Berger said at the conference. “The ...

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Sparks flew and people clapped Friday morning as the first lady of the U.S. Marine Corps authenticated the keel of Ingalls Shipbuilding's latest USS San Antonio-class ...

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered the amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) to the U.S. Navy.Richard M. McCool Jr.

The Marine Corps’ fiscal 2024 unfunded priorities list, a copy of which was obtained by Defense News, asks for $1.71 billion to finish buying LPD-33, the next San Antonio ship in the class.

The US Navy’s 14 th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, LPD 30, was christened at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division. Named in honour of Harrisburg ...