Laid the keel of a fresh amphibious assault ship for the US Navy

On 2 June, the future USS Pittsburgh (LPD 31) was laid down at the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagouli, Mississippi. The unit will be the 15th amphibious transport ship of the San Antonio class and at the same time the second built in the "budget" Flight II configuration. The ship is the fifth...