Representatives from the US Army and federal and local elected officials joined Vigor employees for a keel laying ceremony on 17 September, for construction of the US Army’s next generation landing craft, the Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) or MSV(L).
The US Army awarded Vigor the contract to build its new generation landing craft in the fall of 2017.
The new design, developed in partnership with BMT, is expected to improves the capabilities of the current LCM-8 and provide operational...
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