For the U.S. Navy, boats perform missions from mundane maintenance chores such as hull scraping and cleaning overboard ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The U.S. Navy awarded Austal USA a $91,535,551 contract to build three Landing Craft Utility 1700 class craft, with an option for nine more boats, Austal announced Wedne… ...

Shipbuilder Austal USA was awarded a $91,535,551 fixed-price incentive and firm-fixed-price type modification to definitize a previously… ...

The Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700 is an open, 139-foot-long vessel with a front ramp that allows it to drop troops and vehicles onto beaches. (Austal USA/Facebook) ...

Louisiana-based small business Swiftships won the LCU competition in March 2018, with the Navy awarding a contract for $18 million for the detail design and the construction of the first craft ...

October 19, 2013: Russia is building an interesting and innovative class of Dyugon high-speed landing craft (LCU). These are 280 ton boats that can carry 140 tons of cargo or up to 5 armored vehicles ...

The boat, to be christened Nihonbare (pennant number ‘4151’) once it has been commissioned next March, is being constructed by the Setoda Shipyard of Naikai Zosen in Hiroshima Prefecture. The Japan ...

The LCU 1700 isn’t the only landing craft in Austal’s sights. For several years, Austal has been one of the competitors doing preliminary design work on a class that formerly was known as the ...