Austal USA earlier this month celebrated the start of construction on the first of three LCU 1710 Landing Craft Utility vessels for the U.S. Navy at the company’s Mobile, Ala. shipyard. Austal USA, a ...

The first of five Dutch navy landing craft utility (LCU) Mk IX vessels to undergo its MLU, L 9525 , is launched at De Haas Shipyards in Rotterdam on 9 January. (Dutch MoD) The first modernised Royal ...

Mobile, Ala. shipbuilder Austal USA on Wednesday held a keel laying ceremony for LCU 1710, marking the official start of construction on the first of three Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessels for the ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The U.S. Navy awarded Austal USA a $91,535,551 contract to build three Landing Craft Utility 1700 class craft, with an option for nine more boats, Austal announced Wednesday in a ...

The Indian Navy has commissioned its sixth Mk IV landing craft utility (LCU). The vessel (L 56), which was launched by India’s state-owned shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) in ...

January 26, 2025: Japan continues to expand its navy by adding some amphibious and transport ships. These will be used to supply troops stationed on small islands in the Ryukus, a chain of islands ...

A U.S. Navy amphibious vehicle rushes the beach at Bellows Air Force Station on Oahu, Hawaii, during training in 2015. (Caleb Jones/AP) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps should reconsider ...