Marine Corps 'very excited' about Light Amphibious Warship concept designs

By Aidan Quigley / January 14, 2021 at 1:36 PM
The Marine Corps is "very excited" about the Light Amphibious Warship concept designs it has received from industry and is heading toward a fiscal year 2022 start of lead ship construction, Maj. Gen. Tracy King, the service's director of expeditionary warfare, told reporters last week. The service is eyeing a new combat vessel to ferry forces from shore to shore for a potential fight against China in the Pacific and commissioned more than a dozen Light Amphibious Warship...

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