In the midst of a crisis on the Korean Peninsula, conducting an noncombat evacuation operation is going to be extremely difficult, no matter the level of confidence or capability.
The third America-class Landing Helicopter Assault (LHA) ship, Bourgainville (LHA 08), has been launched by Huntington Industries Ingalls (HII) shipyard but this progress comes against the backdrop of a dispute about amphibious ships within Congress and the US defence establishment.
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The USS Harrisburg, a $2 billion landing platform dock ship currently being built in Mississippi, will be commissioned in 2024 and put into service in 2025.