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Thursday, October 04, 2012

Navy's Newest, LHA-6, A Dead End For Amphibious Ships?

USS America |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."

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