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) 1700-class ...

This contract modification brings the total number of Landing Craft Utility (LCU) currently scheduled or under construction for US Navy (USN) by Austal USA to five. Austal USA has been awarded a US$55 ...

on Aug. 12, 2020. (Sgt. Wesley Timm/U.S. Marine Corps) The U.S. Navy has ordered the builder of its Landing Craft Utility 1700 program to stop work and moved to terminate the contract, the ...

"The landing craft utility (LCU) and landing craft air cushion (LCAC) … were not designed with survivability in mind as part of a [Stand-In Force]. The requirements for these craft were ...

A bell rang out from the deck of the USAV Calaboza, a landing craft utility vessel, while about 40 soldiers stood in formation on shore, signaling the activation of the 5th Transportation Company ...

Army watercraft crews maneuver two Landing Craft Utility vessels for cargo transport operations throughout the Pacific as part of a proof-of-principle operation. (Sgt. 1st Class Mary E.

Army Mariners with the 5th Transportation Company (Composite Watercraft Company) march in formation during the unit's official activation ceremony on Feb. 8 at Yokohama North Dock. (Esther Dacanay ...

Among them are five landing craft utility vessels used to transport troops and equipment to shore, including USAV Mechanicsville, USAV Chickahominy, USAV Malvern Hill, USAV Harpers Ferry and USAV ...

About 120 U.S. Marines had been expected to come ashore in Landing Craft, Utility boats at Omaha Beach on Tuesday along with French troops. But during rehearsals early on Tuesday morning ...

Then the missile artillery systems were flown close to a Landing Craft Utility vessel, on which they were loaded. Next, the vessel transported the weapon systems more than 100 miles by sea to the ...