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Navy Announces New Small Surface Combatant

Dec. 19, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy announced today its plan to introduce a new class of smaller combatant ships, the FF(X), as a critical component of the Navy’s fleet of the future. The FF(X) will be a smaller, more agile surface...

U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Lucy Stone

Oct. 25, 2025 - San Diego, Calif. USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209), a John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, conducted integrated sea trials to assess the ship’s readiness and capability prior to acceptance trials and delivery to the Navy.

Dec. 16, 2025 - SAN DIEGO – John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209) was delivered to the Navy, Dec. 16. The delivery marks the official transfer of the ship from shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO to the...

U.S Navy to Christen Future USS Jeremiah Denton

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (June 28, 2025) — HII (NYSE: HII) christened today the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), the third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. The ship’s co-sponsors and daughters of the namesake, Madeleine Denton Doak and Mary Denton Lewis, performed the traditional bottle-breaking ceremony against the bow to formally christen the ship.

June 28, 2025 - PASCAGOULA, Miss. —The U.S. Navy will christen the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), a Flight III Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, during a ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding on Saturday, June 28, at 9:00 a.m. CDT.The...

Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Point Loma

Mobile, Alabama (May 19, 2025) – Members of the shipbuilding team, from Program Executive Office, Ships; Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast; Austal USA; and General Dynamics on board USNS Point Loma (T-EPF 15), the Navy’s second Flight II Expeditionary Fast Transport ship, before the at sea portion of acceptance trials at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama.

June 24, 2025 - MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of USNS Point Loma (EPF 15), the second of the Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) Flight II configuration, from Austal USA, June 24. The delivery of EPF 15...

Navy Accepts Delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion 113

The United States Navy accepted delivery of Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), LCAC 113, from Textron Systems, June 12.
The delivery of LCAC 113 comes after completion of Acceptance Trials conducted by the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey, which tested the readiness and capability of the craft to effectively meet its requirements.

June 17, 2025 - NEW ORLEANS– The United States Navy accepted delivery of Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), LCAC 113, from Textron Systems, June 12.The delivery of LCAC 113 comes after completion of Acceptance Trials conducted by the Navy’s...

Biehn Assumes Command of NAVSEA Surface Ship Maintenance, Modernization and Sustainment Directorate

WASHINGTON (June 6, 2025) - NAVSEA Commander, Vice Adm. James Downey (center) presides as Rear Adm. William Greene (left) is relieved as the director for Surface Ship Maintenance, Modernization, and Sustainment (SEA21) by Rear Adm. Andrew Biehn (right) during a change of office ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard's Leutze Park, June 6. SEA 21 is the dedicated life cycle management organization for the Navy's in-service surface ships and is responsible for managing critical modernization, maintenance, training and inactivation programs. RELEASED.

June 6, 2025 - WASHINGTON- Rear Adm. Andrew Biehn relieved Rear Adm. Bill Greene as director for Surface Ship Maintenance, Modernization and Sustainment (SEA 21) during a change of office ceremony held at the Washington Navy Yard’s Leutze...