Precision matters long after a ship leaves the yard.
Pictured above, a UH-1Y Venom comes in for a landing on the flight deck of USS San Antonio (LPD 17) during a training exercise.
Just as every lift and placement in the yard requires shipbuilders to get it right, operations at sea depend on precision, teamwork and a ship built to support the mission.
THE MISSION
While underway in the Pacific, Marines with Littoral Combat Force-24 recently conducted a Maritime Interdiction Operation Full Mission Profile aboard LPD 17.
The training is part of a larger U.S. military effort to disrupt illicit drug trafficking, deter malign actors and protect the homeland through continuous presence.
Those missions require ships that can operate far from home and give our forces a place to launch aircraft, move people and equipment, and carry out operations at sea.
BUILT AT INGALLS. SERVING WHERE NEEDED.
LPD 17 was built at Ingalls. Today, it is supporting an effort aimed at stopping threats before they reach American shores.
But the connection to Ingalls shipbuilders did not end when LPD 17 left the yard. Ingalls Planning Yard Services continues to support the ship, helping maintain the capability the Navy depends on.
The ships that leave Ingalls will take on missions we cannot always predict. They operate far from home, responding to crises and supporting efforts that protect and defend lives.
The work may start here, but the mission goes anywhere.
And when that call comes, what you build today will help make it possible.