The Navy will christen its newest amphibious warfare ship in Pascagoula, Miss. on Oct. 20th. The boldly-named, $3 billion
America is a major departure from past designs -- and, quietly, the Navy has decided not to build many more like it in the future.The Chief of Naval Operations himself, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, has said that getting more amphibs in the fleet is his "
biggest shipbuilding concern." But the Navy is only building two vessels to the LHA-6 blueprint,
America itself and LHA-7
Tripoli, for which shipbuilder
Huntington-Ingalls recently received a
fixed-price contract. Subsequent LHAs will revert to a more traditional design.
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