Amphibs Bougainville, Fallujah Deliveries Are Pushed Another Year

The next two big-deck amphibious warships will take about nine years each to build, as the Navy pushes the planned delivery date for the vessels by another year, USNI News has learned. The future USS Bougainville (LHA-8) will now deliver to the Navy in July of 2027 instead of August of 2026, according to the Fiscal Year 2027 budget justification documents. The service cited “construction performance indicators and shipyard labor challenges” as the reason for the delay. The future USS Fallujah (LHA-9) will now deliver to the Navy in July of 2031 instead of the previously projected September 2030 date