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Navy Awards $324.5 Million Deal For Expeditionary Sea Base

January 04 2017

USA

The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded a contract modification to General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., for the Montford Point-class vessel, reports the Dept. of Defense.

The $324.5 million deal definitizes the long lead-time material part of the undefinitized contract action and funds the detail, design and construction of Expeditionary Sea Base 5 (ESB-5), said the Pentagon release on Dec. 29.

The ESB configuration of the Montford...

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