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future USNS Lansing (EPF 16) rolls out of Austal USA assembly bay in preparation for launch

Austal USA successfully launched the company’s first ship of the year and second Navy Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship (T-ATS), future USNS Solomon Atkinson (T-ATS 12), on February 23.

Austal USA President Emeritus Michelle Kruger

Austal USA appoints Dan Brintzinghoffer as vice president business development & external affairs

Ship co-sponsors Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Congresswoman Lisa McClain officially christen future USNS Lansing (EPF 16) - final Austal USA-built Expeditionary Fast Transport.

Kathy Sanders with Navy Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast pushes the button on the plasma cutter to cut the first steel for LCU 1713

Meghan Pickering Seymour, USCGC Pickering sponsor, welds her initials onto a keel plate at the keel laying ceremony for the ship.

Austal USA entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) during the 2025 Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition (INDOPAC 2025) in Sydney, Australia. This MoU marks an agreement to advance the introduction of cutting-edge 3D printing in Australian shipbuilding and submarine sustainment, strengthening the supply chain to support the Virginia-class and Australian Collins-class submarine programs.

MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA launched the company’s first Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessel at its ship manufacturing facility in Mobile, Ala. on Aug. 22.  LCU 1710 is the first of 12 Navy LCUs under contract at Austal USA, part of a $91.5 million contract awarded by the Navy in 2023. Austal USA has three LCU under construction.