LHA 7 completes acceptance trials

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced Oct. 30 the successful completion of acceptance trials of the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7), the second ship in the America class. LHA 7 spent three days in the Gulf of Mexico with the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) performing vital test procedures, including a full power run of the main propulsion system. HII-Pascagoula is currently the sole builder of large-deck amphibious warships for the Navy. The shipyard delivered its first amphibious assault ship, the Iwo Jima-class USS Tripoli (LPH 10), in 1966. Since then, HII has built five Tarawa-class ships, eight Wasp-class ships and the first in a new class of ships, USS America (LHA 6). The third ship in the America class, Bougainville (LHA 8), is currently under construction, and will be the 16th large-deck amphibious ship built at Ingalls. HII is America’s largest military shipbuilding company. (Source: HII 10/30/29) https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/photo-releasehuntington-ingalls-industries-successfully-completes-acceptance-trials-for-amphibious-assault-ship-tripoli-lha-7