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 by Christen Mccurdy Washington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2020
Austal USA was awarded a $7.7 million contract Tuesday for work on the littoral combat ship USS Kansas City, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday. The contract funds work during a post shakedown availability for the vessel in San Diego, including manpower, support services, non-standard equipment and associated technical date and documentation needed during the availability. The deal also funds the correction of trial card deficiencies, the incorporation of approved engineering changes under the ship construction contract. Work is expected to be completed by May 2021. The USS Kansas City is the Navy's 11th Independence-class littoral combat ship. It completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico in October and was delivered to the Navy in February.
Amphibious transport dock ship USS Fort Lauderdale launched Washington DC (UPI) Mar 30, 2020 The amphibious transport dock ship to be called the USS Fort Lauderdale was successfully launched in Pascagoula, Miss., on Saturday, the Navy announced. The ship is the 12th in its class and was built for the Navy by Huntington Ingalls Industries. Currently referred to as LPD 28, it was moved to dry dock on March 7, ahead the dock's flooding this weekend for the launch. "I am thrilled to get Fort Lauderdale in the water, so we can begin final outfitting and eventually take the ship out t ... read more
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