{"id":31542,"date":"2020-02-28T23:11:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T23:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/28\/future-amphib-tripoli-delivered-to-the-navy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:26:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:26:34","slug":"future-amphib-tripoli-delivered-to-the-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/02\/28\/future-amphib-tripoli-delivered-to-the-navy\/","title":{"rendered":"Future amphib Tripoli delivered to the Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Huntington Ingalls Industries\u2019 Mississippi shipyard delivered the future amphibious assault ship Tripoli to the Navy on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy initially projected it would be arriving in late 2018 \u2014 not early 2020 \u2014 but the sea service finally took possession of the vessel from Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThousands of shipbuilders worked tirelessly to ensure the successful delivery of this highly capable warship,\u201d Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said in a prepared statement emailed to Navy Times. \u201cWe are pleased to continue working closely with the Navy to deliver exceptional ships using the highest safety and quality standards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capt. Daniel J. Hernandez, the spokesman for the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, told Navy Times that details concerning Tripoli\u2019s commissioning are still being finalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy previously announced that San Diego will be its homeport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday\u2019s delivery was a bit of historical d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu for the yard. Ingalls delivered its first amphibious assault ship, the Iwo Jima-class Tripoli (LPH 10)<\/a>, in 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the next 53 years, it built five Tarawa-class amphibs, eight of their Wasp-class sisters and the first of the newest class of ships, America (LHA 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe LHA team is proud to witness the delivery of the 15th large-deck amphibious ship built at Ingalls,\u201d said Bryan Williams, Tripoli\u2019s program manager. \u201cThe completion of the Tripoli is a great complement to our longstanding legacy of building state-of-the-art warships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future Tripoli delivered Friday is the second of the America-class warships, a line built to replace the decommissioned Tarawa-class vessels. Huntington Ingalls Industries is building the third in the class, Bougainville, and the Navy has slated a 2024 delivery date for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike previous amphibs, America and the future Tripoli were built without well decks, which are used to float embarked Marines to shore in landing craft or amphibious assault vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, Pentagon planners wanted to optimize Marine Corps aviation capabilities, including F-35B Joint Strike Fighters and MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft, and hike the size of the aviation fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future Bougainville <\/a>will split the difference between traditional amphibs and the \u201cFlight 0\u201d America and Tripoli. It\u2019s being built with a small well deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\t