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LHA-7 Finishes FOA, Sea Trials Next

Friday, April 2nd, 2021

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LHA-7 Finishes FOA, Sea Trials Next

The future USS Tripoli (LHA-7) amphibious assault ship sailed in the Gulf of Mexico for four days during four days of builder’s sea trials in July 2019. (Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The USS Tripoli (LHA-7) completed its Fitting Out Availability (FOA) on March 26 and is next set to undergo sea trials, the Navy said March 31. The Navy accepted delivery of the second America-class amphibious assault ship from shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] over a year ago (Defense Daily, Feb. 28, 2020). As a “large deck amphib,” the ship will transport elements of a Marine Expeditionary Unit or Marine Expeditionary Brigade via aircraft and landing craft. LHA-7 is homeported in…

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