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 shipbuilder Swiftships told Defense News, following years of ...

Austal USA has launched its first Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessel for the US Navy, marking a major step in the company’s expansion into steel shipbuilding. The launch of LCU 1710 took place on ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Austal USA posted on its Facebook page that Friday, August 22, it launched its first Landing Craft Utility vessel. Here is part of the post: Last Friday, Austal USA successfully ...

(Tribune News Service) — Austal USA has received a $91 million contract to build three landing craft for the U.S. Navy, adding to a catalog of work lined up for the shipbuilder’s new steel line. The ...

Then-Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Gary Thomas, left, receives a shipyard tour from Jeff Leleux, center, president of Swiftships in New Orleans, La., on Aug. 12, 2020. (Sgt. Wesley ...