Navy Plans to Double Number of Amphibious Assault Ships by 2050

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Navy Plans to Double Number of Amphibious Assault Ships by 2050
 

By Kris Osborn - Warrior Maven

(Washington D.C.) A significant and potentially lesser recognized element of the Navy’s recently unveiled 2020 30-Shipbuilding plan is its call for a full-scale “doubling” of its fleet of amphibious assault ships by 2050, a move which suggests that the Navy expects ship-to-shore operations and major maritime attack to figure prominently as a very high priority in coming years.

The plan stipulates that its fleet of amphibs will increase from 31 in 2022 to 62 by 2050, a huge force-size increase which likely pertains to the Navy’s plan to initiate a new class of smaller, faster and more agile amphibs. The text of the document says the plan “initiates the Light Amphibious Warship program in FY2022 and the Next Generation Logistic Ship program in FY2023 to support a more dispersed naval operating concept.”

https://defensemaven.io/warriormaven/sea/navy-plans-to-double-number-of-amphibious-assault-ships-by-2050-UY8-tNAVgEWqcBGcw6-HYw

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Just as important:

How do they plan to get enough people to man them?  How does the Corps do the same?

Will they be nuike or conventionally powered?  By 2050 the cost of fuel will likely make conventionally powered ships prohibitive.

How do they plan to buy enough planes for these new ships?