The U.S. Navy has taken delivery of the next generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 106 following the completion of Acceptance Trials with the ...

Mobile, Ala. shipbuilder Austal USA has been awarded a $54,997,317 fixed-priced incentive (firm-target) contract modification for the construction of two additional Landing Craft Utility (LCU ...

Austal USA has been awarded a US$55 million contract for two more LCU 1700 landing crafts for the US Navy (USN) in addition to three craft ordered in September 2023. The potential value of the ...

The US Navy has been pivoting from a Cold War alignment toward a more modern, flexible fleet as the focus shifts to the ...

The Navy's amphibious landing craft training simulator is seen in this photo provided by the Defense Acquisition Program ...

Daily Aviation - Video. Cleaning US Navy’s Massive $20 Million Hovercraft After Crazy Beach Landing. Posted: May 9, 2025 | Last updated: May 9, 2025 ...

Today's US Navy is poorly equipped to support a landing force, but that wasn't the case decades ago when it had ships like USS White River.

A group of special operations vets retrace the Battle of Okinawa, following in the footsteps of the forefathers of today’s ...

The amphibious operations in Korea depended heavily on the highly specialized landing craft, which the U.S. developed during World War II. Among those used at Inchon:LSD (Landing Ship—Dock) ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Services were held Monday for Gilbert "Gil" Nadeau, who survived kamikaze attacks while serving aboard a Navy landing craft in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Nadeau ...

Pope Leo XIV's father, Louis Marius Prevost, participated in D-Day operations as a Navy officer before becoming an educator in Illinois and raising the first American-born pope.

On August 14, the US Navy announced it will buy four new amphibious ships from a shipbuilder in Mississippi for a combined $12 billion. The huge contract finally ends a years-long conflict between the ...