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Navy Amphib Force Structure Study Expected Finished In March

Thursday, January 20th, 2022

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Navy Amphib Force Structure Study Expected Finished In March

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)

Last week a Navy official said an ongoing study on the future amphibious ship force structure is due to be complete in March. The study “will evaluate what our requirement and the way of quantities for amphibs will be going forward into the future,” Capt. Cedric McNeal, program manager for the Amphibious Warfare Program Office, said during a Naval Sea Systems Command briefing at the annual Surface Navy Association’s symposium on Jan. 12. “That study is planned to complete toward…

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