Signatures were signed for 2 major programs of the US Navy, which had been announced a long time ago, but now they have also been assigned to shipyards. Specifically, 3 San Antonio-class landing support vessels were ordered from Huntington Ingalls, with a contract worth 5.8 billion dollars. San Antonio is described as a Landing Platform Dock (LPD), a 25,000-ton, 208-meter-long displacement, and its role is to transport a battalion of Marines and their supplies, and amphibious armored vehicles, as well as amphibious transports ashore. While the ships themselves have anti-aircraft capabilities to be able to operate in high-risk environments (2 RAM launchers and cannons).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US Navy already has 13 such boats in service, and has ordered a total of 6 more (the last 3 are the current contract) in an improved version called Flight II. The 3 on order will start production in 2025, 2027 and 2029 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also again, the same shipyard took an order for another amphibious operations vessel, America class, worth 3.9 billion dollars. This class is the US Marine Corps’ “small” aircraft carriers, 45,000-ton, 257-meter-long, which carry F-35B fighters, and MV-22B Osprey helicopters such as the Super Stallion, AH-1Z Viper, and others, while the last models of the class also have a floating tank to serve landing boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Americas are the base of the MEUs, i.e. the Marine Expeditionary Units that are in full readiness for intervention anywhere in the world. The class has 2 ships in service, 2 under construction and the new order is the third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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