Navy

LCS Charleston — Austal USA recently received an order from the Navy for two additional LCSes. Austal USA photo

Austal USA awarded littoral combat ships 32 and 34

Ken Hocke

Hurricane Florence — The tug Tracy Moran assists the Navy guided missile destroyer Nitze as its crew prepares to sortie into the open Atlantic ahead of hurricane Florence Sept. 10, 2018. Navy photo/Spc. 2 Justin Wolpert.

Mid-Atlantic faces Hurricane Florence hit

Kirk Moore

Marinette-LCS-640x336 — Fincantieri Marinette Marine builds the Navy's Freedom-variant littoral combat ship. Lockheed Martin photo

Marinette Marine delivers two more Navy LCSes

Ken Hocke

rsz_lcs_and_epf_at_austal (1) — Littoral combat ship (left) and expeditionary fast transport (right) at Austal USA in Mobile, Ala. Ken Hocke photo

Navy fast transport vessel completes acceptance trials at Austal

Ken Hocke

LCS outside of Austal copy — A littoral combat ship sits outside of Austal USA in Mobile, Ala. in 2017. Ken Hocke photo

Ninth Austal-built LCS completes acceptance trials

Ken Hocke

rsz_macc — People at this year's MACC line the dock for a chance to climb aboard one of the patrol boats at the conference. Ken Hocke photo

MACC-nificent boats

Ken Hocke

rsz_1_40_navy_tug_07 — New 40'x17 workboat-large for Navy will be built in Seattle. U.S. Navy rendering

Snow Boat Building to build workboat-large for Navy

Ken Hocke

Marinette LCS — LCS 11 successfully completed acceptance trials for the Navy. Lockheed Martin photo

LCS 11 completes acceptance trials on Lake Michigan

Ken Hocke

JetBlue Delivery Day — The ship’s sponsor, Penny Pritzker — 38th U.S. Secretary of Commerce, christened the new ship. Austal USA photo

Austal USA christens LCS 20

Ken Hocke

LCS outside of Austal copy — A littoral combat ship sits outside of Austal USA in Mobile, Ala. in 2017. Ken Hocke photo

Austal USA delivers eighth littoral combat ship to Navy

Ken Hocke

030910-N-5471P-003 — The new version of the Navy's towing, salvage and rescue ship will be an upgrade from what is shown here. Navy photo

Gulf Island awarded $63 million Navy contract to build new salvage ship

Ken Hocke