Alcoa sends Amah tips to Austal

Alcoa said it's delivered a set of two "ready for installation" aluminum Amah tips to Austal USA for use on the future Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson (LCS 6). An Amah tip is the leading edge of the all-aluminum, trimaran-type vessel's outrigger, or amah, and is more than seven feet across and weighs 850 pounds. The LCS 6 is currently being built for the U.S. Navy at Austal's Mobile, Ala., shipyard. A second set of Amah tips for the USS Montgomery (LCS 8) will be delivered to Austal next month. (Source: Business Wire, 04/16/12)