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Home» News»The U.S. Navy Accepted Delivery Of A New SSC
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The SSC can travel at a sustained 35 knots. Textron photo. Photo credit: Textron / Micheal Macdonald Photography

The U.S. Navy Accepted Delivery Of A New SSC

The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the next generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 102, June 3.

Martin Manaranche 04 Jun 2021

U.S. Navy press release

Delivery follows successful completion of Acceptance Trials with the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey to test the readiness and capability of the craft and to validate requirements.

“SSC provides the Navy and Marine Corps team with the capability and capacity needed to execute a range of complex missions with agility and speed.”

“With increases in performance and reliability, this next generation craft will meet the needs of the fleet for years to come.”

Capt. Cedric McNeal, program manager, Amphibious Warfare Programs, Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships.

LCACs are built with similar configurations, dimensions, and clearances to legacy LCAC, ensuring the compatibility of this next-generation air cushion vehicle with existing well deck equipped amphibious ships, as well as the Expeditionary Transfer Dock.

The SSC program is now in serial production with LCACs 103-115 making progress on the production lines at Textron Systems in Slidell, Louisiana.

SSC training craft, LCACs 100 and 101 are in the initial operator training pipeline and are in post-delivery test and trials at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division.

As one of the Defense Department’s largest acquisition organizations, PEO Ships is responsible for executing the development and procurement of all destroyers, amphibious ships, special mission and support ships, boats and craft.

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Landing Craft LCAC Ship-to-Shore connector SSC Textron Systems US Navy 2021-06-04
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