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LPD-32 Buys Time For Navy To Decide On Next Amphibs, Navy Officials Say

Friday, April 22nd, 2022

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LPD-32 Buys Time For Navy To Decide On Next Amphibs, Navy Officials Say

Artist rendering of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship LPD-30 (Image: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

Top Navy officials this week said the service’s budget plan to buy only one more San Antonio-class (LPD-17) Flight II amphibious transport dock ship, LPD-32, and end the program buys time for long term assessments to decide on the future of the amphibious force. The Navy’s fiscal year 2023 budget request is seeking $1.7 billion to procure the future LPD-32 amphibious transport dock, with contract award expected in June 2023 and ship delivery by February 2029. When the initial budget…

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