Tripoli (LHA-7) is launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. on March 1, 2017. US Navy Photo
USNI News: Amphibious Assault Ship Tripoli’s Delivery Pushed To Late 2019 or Early 2020
The Navy will not commission its second America-class amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA-7) this fall as originally planned, according to its builder.
The Navy had expected to receive Tripoli in late 2019, according to media reports. HII pushed delivery to the end of 2019 or even into 2020 as the company works through some technical design issues with the ship’s systems, Mike Petters, chief executive of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), said Thursday morning during a conference call with analysts to discuss the company’s second-quarter financial results.
“The systems are working today. It’s just a question of whether they will work for the life of the ship,” Petters said.
Following the call, HII officials declined to provide USNI News more details about the “technical design issues” Petters referred to while speaking with analysts.
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