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'''USS ''Bougainville'' (LHA-8)''' is a planned {{sclass-|America|amphibious assault ship}} to be built for the [[United States Navy]].<ref name="NVR Bougainville">{{cite web |title=Bougainville (LHA 8) |url={{NVR url|LHA8}} |work=[[Naval Vessel Register]] |publisher=United States Navy |date=10 November 2016 |accessdate=30 December 2016}}</ref> It will be the second Navy ship to be named ''Bougainville''.<ref name="DOD NR-400-16">{{cite press release | url=http://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/999709/secnav-names-next-amphibious-assault-destroyer | title=SECNAV names next Amphibious Assault Destroyer | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]] | number = NR-400-16 | date = 9 November 2016 | accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="LHA-8 Named">{{cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2016/11/09/mabus-names-lha-8-after-bougainville-world-war-ii-campaign-in-solomon-islands|title= Mabus Names LHA-8 After Bougainville Island Campaign in World War II |last=Eckstein|first=Megan|date=9 November 2016|website=USNI News|publisher=U.S. Naval Institute|access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref> ''Bougainville'' will be built by [[Huntington Ingalls Industries]] at its shipyard in [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]]<ref name="NavalToday Award Announced" /> and is expected to be delivered to the U.S. Navy in 2024.<ref name="LHA-8 Named" />
'''USS ''Bougainville'' (LHA-8)''' is an {{sclass|America|amphibious assault ship}} currently under construction for the [[United States Navy]].<ref name="NVR Bougainville">{{cite web |title=Bougainville (LHA 8) |url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|LHA8}} |work=[[Naval Vessel Register]] |publisher=United States Navy |date=10 November 2016 |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> She will be the second Navy ship to be named ''Bougainville''.<ref name="DOD NR-400-16">{{cite press release | url=http://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/999709/secnav-names-next-amphibious-assault-destroyer | title=SECNAV names next Amphibious Assault Destroyer | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]] | number = NR-400-16 | date = 9 November 2016 | access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="LHA-8 Named">{{cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2016/11/09/mabus-names-lha-8-after-bougainville-world-war-ii-campaign-in-solomon-islands|title= Mabus Names LHA-8 After Bougainville Island Campaign in World War II |last=Eckstein|first=Megan|date=9 November 2016|website=USNI News|publisher=U.S. Naval Institute|access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref>


==Design==
==Design==


The design of ''Bougainville'' is based on {{USS|Makin Island|LHD-8|6}}, itself an improved version of the {{sclass-|Wasp|amphibious assault ship|1}}. While ''Makin Island'' has a well deck, the earlier two Flight 0 ''America''-class ships {{USS|America|LHA-6|6}} and {{USS|Tripoli|LHA-7|6}} were designed and built without a well deck to make space for aircraft and aviation fuel.<ref name=gao09>{{citation | url=http://www.gao.gov/htext/d09326sp.html | title=GAO-09-326SP 'Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs' | publisher=U.S. Government Accountability Office | date=30 March 2009}}</ref> ''Bougainville'' will be the first Flight 1 ''America''-class ship,<ref name="LHA-8 Named" /> and as such will include a [[well dock|well deck]].<ref name="USNI Award Announced">{{cite web |url=https://news.usni.org/2016/06/30/ingalls-wins-lha-8-contract-nassco-build-6-fleet-oilers |title=Ingalls Wins LHA-8 Contract, NASSCO To Build 6 Fleet Oilers |last=Eckstein |first=Megan |website=USNI News |publisher=U.S. Naval Institute |date=30 June 2016 |accessdate=25 July 2016}}</ref> The design of the Flight 1 ''America''-class ships, including that of the ''Bougainville'', adopts a compromise, incorporating a slightly smaller aircraft hangar as well as smaller medical and other spaces to fit a small well deck for surface connector operations.<ref name="USNI Award Announced" /><ref name="Freedberg">{{cite web |url=http://breakingdefense.com/2012/10/navys-newest-lha-6-a-dead-end-for-amphibious-ships/ |title=Navy’s Newest, LHA-6, A Dead End For Amphibious Ships? |last=Freedberg |first=Sydney J. Jr. |date=3 October 2012 |accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref> The island structure will also be modified to free up more room on the flight deck to accommodate maintenance of [[V-22]]s, compensating for some of the lost aircraft hangar space.<ref name="Freedberg" />
The design of ''Bougainville'' is based on {{USS|Makin Island|LHD-8|6}}, which is an improved version of the {{sclass|Wasp|amphibious assault ship|1}}. While ''Makin Island'' has a well deck, the earlier two Flight 0 ''America''-class ships {{USS|America|LHA-6|6}} and {{USS|Tripoli|LHA-7|6}} were designed and built without a well deck to make space for aircraft and aviation fuel.<ref name=gao09>{{citation | url=http://www.gao.gov/htext/d09326sp.html | title=GAO-09-326SP 'Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs' | publisher=U.S. Government Accountability Office | date=30 March 2009}}</ref> ''Bougainville'' will be the first Flight I ''America''-class ship,<ref name="LHA-8 Named" /> and as such will include a [[well dock|well deck]].<ref name="USNI Award Announced">{{cite web |url=https://news.usni.org/2016/06/30/ingalls-wins-lha-8-contract-nassco-build-6-fleet-oilers |title=Ingalls Wins LHA-8 Contract, NASSCO To Build 6 Fleet Oilers |last=Eckstein |first=Megan |website=USNI News |publisher=U.S. Naval Institute |date=30 June 2016 |access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> The design of the Flight I ''America''-class ships, including that of ''Bougainville'', adopts a compromise, incorporating a slightly smaller aircraft hangar as well as smaller medical and other spaces to fit a small well deck for surface connector operations.<ref name="USNI Award Announced" /><ref name="Freedberg">{{cite web |url=http://breakingdefense.com/2012/10/navys-newest-lha-6-a-dead-end-for-amphibious-ships/ |title=Navy's Newest, LHA-6, A Dead End For Amphibious Ships? |last=Freedberg |first=Sydney J. Jr. |date=3 October 2012 |access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref> The island structure will also be modified to free up more room on the flight deck to accommodate maintenance of [[V-22]]s, compensating for some of the lost aircraft hangar space.<ref name="Freedberg" />


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''Bougainville'' will be the first of her class built with a redesigned and stronger main deck; the earlier ''America''-class vessels ''America'' and ''Tripoli'' each required retrofitting in order to handle the strain of daily [[F-35 Lightning II#F-35B|F-35B Lightning II]] flight operations.<ref name="USNI America Deck">{{cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2016/03/22/uss-america-back-to-sea-after-completing-10-months-of-deck-strengthening-for-f-35s|title=USS America Back to Sea After Completing 10-Months of Deck Strengthening for F-35s|last=LaGrone|first=Sam|date=22 March 2016|website=USNI News|publisher=U.S. Naval Institute|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> In addition, ''Bougainville'' will incorporate the [[AN/SPY-6]] ''Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar'' (EASR) volume air search radar in lieu of the [[AN/SPS-48]]G air search radar in ''America'' and ''Tripoli''.<ref name="EASR">{{cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2016/08/22/raytheon-awarded-92m-navy-contract-future-carrier-big-deck-aesa-radars|title=Raytheon Awarded $92M Navy Contract for Future Carrier, Big Deck AESA Radars|last=LaGrone|first=Sam|date=22 August 2016|website=USNI News|publisher=U.S. Naval Institute|access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref> The {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|1}}s starting with {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CVN-79|2}} and the planned {{sclass|LX(R)|amphibious warfare ship|1}}s will also have this radar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seapower-digital.com/seapower/january_2016?pg=93#pg93|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112032359/http://www.seapower-digital.com/seapower/january_2016?pg=93#pg93|archive-date=12 January 2016|title=Navy C4ISR and Unmanned Systems|date=January 2016|work=Sea Power 2016 Almanac|publisher=[[Navy League of the United States|Navy League of the U.S.]]|url-status=usurped|page=91}}</ref>
==Start Fabrication==
[[File:LHA8 Start Fab.jpg|none|thumb|285x285px|Captain J.D. Owen officially 'Starts Fab' of the Future USS Bougainville]]
The ''Bougainville'' officially started fabrication on Oct. 16, 2018<ref>https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/photo-release-huntington-ingalls-industries-starts-fabrication-of-amphibious-assault-ship-bougainville-lha-8</ref>. The start of fabrication signifies that the shipyard is ready for sustained production and ready to move forward with the construction of the ship. For the first time in history, Start Fab was conducted by a Marine Corp Officer. Captain J.D. Owen, a Mississippi native, started the fabrication of steel by cutting the first plate using the CNC laser cutting machine. Captain Owen is the on-site NAVSEA USMC Representative stationed at the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Gulf Coast.


== Construction and career ==
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''Bougainville'' will be the first in her class built with a redesigned and stronger main deck; the earlier ''America''-class vessels ''America'' and ''Tripoli'' each required retrofitting in order to handle the strain of daily [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] [[F-35 Lightning II#F-35B|F-35B Lightning II]] [[STOVL]] operations.<ref name="USNI America Deck">{{cite web |url=https://news.usni.org/2016/03/22/uss-america-back-to-sea-after-completing-10-months-of-deck-strengthening-for-f-35s |title=USS America Back to Sea After Completing 10-Months of Deck Strengthening for F-35s |last=LaGrone |first=Sam |website=USNI News |publisher=U.S. Naval Institute |date=22 March 2016 |accessdate=25 July 2016}}</ref> In addition, ''Bougainville'' will incorporate the Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) volume air search radar in lieu of the [[AN/SPS-48]]G air search radar in ''America'' and ''Tripoli''.<ref name="EASR">{{cite web |url=https://news.usni.org/2016/08/22/raytheon-awarded-92m-navy-contract-future-carrier-big-deck-aesa-radars |title=Raytheon Awarded $92M Navy Contract for Future Carrier, Big Deck AESA Radars |last=LaGrone |first=Sam |website=USNI News |publisher=U.S. Naval Institute |date=22 August 2016 |accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref> The {{sclass-|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|1}}s starting with {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CVN-79|2}} and the planned {{sclass-|LX(R)|amphibious warfare ship|1}}s will also have this radar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Navy C4ISR and Unmanned Systems |url=http://www.seapower-digital.com/seapower/january_2016?pg=93#pg93 |work=Sea Power 2016 Almanac |publisher=[[Navy League of the United States|Navy League of the U.S.]] |date=January 2016 |page=91}}</ref>
''Bougainville'' is being built by [[Huntington Ingalls Industries]] at their shipyard in [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]]<ref name="NavalToday Award Announced" /> and is expected to be delivered to the U.S. Navy in 2025.<ref name="LHA-8 Named" />

''Bougainville'' officially started fabrication on 16 October 2018.<ref name="build1">{{cite web|date=16 October 2018|title=Huntington Ingalls Industries Starts Fabrication of Amphibious Assault Ship Bougainville (LHA 8)|url=https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/photo-release-huntington-ingalls-industries-starts-fabrication-of-amphibious-assault-ship-bougainville-lha-8|access-date=12 June 2021|publisher=newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com}}</ref> The ship was first [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 14 March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Industries|first=Huntington Ingalls|title=Ingalls Shipbuilding Authenticates Keel of Bougainville (LHA 8)|url=https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/bougainville-lha8-keel-authentication|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Huntington Ingalls Newsroom|language=en}}</ref>

On 30 June 2023 a fire in the ship's superstructure was reported, there were six minor injuries, and reportedly minimal damage to the ship. The fire is being investigated by the Navy and Ingalls Shipbuilding.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-30 |title=Ingalls, Navy Investigating Fire in Superstructure of Future Big Deck USS Bougainville |url=https://news.usni.org/2023/06/30/ingalls-navy-investigating-fire-in-superstructure-of-future-big-deck-uss-bougainville |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=USNI News |language=en-US}}</ref>

The ''Bougainville'' was christened on Saturday, December 2, 2023, by the ship's sponsor Ellyn Dunford. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-04 |title=Bougainville Ship christened at Ingalls Shipbuilding |url=https://www.wxxv25.com/bougainville-ship-christened-at-ingalls-shipbuilding/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=WXXV News 25 |language=en-US}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://ingalls.huntingtoningalls.com/products/lha/class Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding: ''America''-class of Amphibious Assault Ships]
*[https://ingalls.huntingtoningalls.com/our-products/lha/ Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding: ''America''-class of Amphibious Assault Ships]


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For other ships with the same name, see USS Bougainville.

Graphical depiction of USS Bougainville (LHA-8)
History
United States
NameBougainville
NamesakeBougainville Campaign[4]
Awarded30 June 2016[2]
BuilderHuntington Ingalls Industries[2][6]
Laid down14 March 2019[3]
Launched6 October 2023[1]
Sponsored byEllyn Dunford
Christened2 December 2023
IdentificationHull number: LHA-8
StatusUnder construction[5]
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeAmerica-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement44,971 long tons (45,693 t)
Length844 ft (257 m)
Beam106 ft (32 m)
Draft26 ft (7.9 m) (7.9 meters)
PropulsionTwo marine gas turbines, two shafts, 70,000 bhp (52,000 kW), two 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) auxiliary propulsion motors.
SpeedOver 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
Complement
  • 65 officers, 994 enlisted
  • 1,687 Marines (plus 184 surge)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried

USS Bougainville (LHA-8) is an America-class amphibious assault ship currently under construction for the United States Navy.[9] She will be the second Navy ship to be named Bougainville.[10][4]

Design[edit]

The design of Bougainville is based on USS Makin Island, which is an improved version of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship. While Makin Island has a well deck, the earlier two Flight 0 America-class ships USS America and USS Tripoli were designed and built without a well deck to make space for aircraft and aviation fuel.[11] Bougainville will be the first Flight I America-class ship,[4] and as such will include a well deck.[2] The design of the Flight I America-class ships, including that of Bougainville, adopts a compromise, incorporating a slightly smaller aircraft hangar as well as smaller medical and other spaces to fit a small well deck for surface connector operations.[2][12] The island structure will also be modified to free up more room on the flight deck to accommodate maintenance of V-22s, compensating for some of the lost aircraft hangar space.[12]

Bougainville will be the first of her class built with a redesigned and stronger main deck; the earlier America-class vessels America and Tripoli each required retrofitting in order to handle the strain of daily F-35B Lightning II flight operations.[13] In addition, Bougainville will incorporate the AN/SPY-6 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) volume air search radar in lieu of the AN/SPS-48G air search radar in America and Tripoli.[7] The Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers starting with John F. Kennedy and the planned LX(R)-class amphibious warfare ships will also have this radar.[14]

Construction and career[edit]

Bougainville is being built by Huntington Ingalls Industries at their shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi[6] and is expected to be delivered to the U.S. Navy in 2025.[4]

Bougainville officially started fabrication on 16 October 2018.[5] The ship was first laid down on 14 March 2019.[15]

On 30 June 2023 a fire in the ship's superstructure was reported, there were six minor injuries, and reportedly minimal damage to the ship. The fire is being investigated by the Navy and Ingalls Shipbuilding.[16]

The Bougainville was christened on Saturday, December 2, 2023, by the ship's sponsor Ellyn Dunford. [17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding Launches Amphibious Assault Ship Bougainville (LHA 8)". HII. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Eckstein, Megan (30 June 2016). "Ingalls Wins LHA-8 Contract, NASSCO To Build 6 Fleet Oilers". USNI News. U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Ingalls Shipbuilding Authenticates Keel of America-class Amphibious Warship Bougainville (LHA 8)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d Eckstein, Megan (9 November 2016). "Mabus Names LHA-8 After Bougainville Island Campaign in World War II". USNI News. U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Huntington Ingalls Industries Starts Fabrication of Amphibious Assault Ship Bougainville (LHA 8)". newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Huntington Ingalls to build new America-class amphibious ship LHA 8". NavalToday. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  7. ^ a b LaGrone, Sam (22 August 2016). "Raytheon Awarded $92M Navy Contract for Future Carrier, Big Deck AESA Radars". USNI News. U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  8. ^ "LHA 6 (formerly LHA(R)) New Amphibious Assault Ship" (PDF). dote.osd.mil. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Bougainville (LHA 8)". Naval Vessel Register. United States Navy. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  10. ^ "SECNAV names next Amphibious Assault Destroyer" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  11. ^ GAO-09-326SP 'Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs', U.S. Government Accountability Office, 30 March 2009
  12. ^ a b Freedberg, Sydney J. Jr. (3 October 2012). "Navy's Newest, LHA-6, A Dead End For Amphibious Ships?". Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  13. ^ LaGrone, Sam (22 March 2016). "USS America Back to Sea After Completing 10-Months of Deck Strengthening for F-35s". USNI News. U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Navy C4ISR and Unmanned Systems". Sea Power 2016 Almanac. Navy League of the U.S. January 2016. p. 91. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ^ Industries, Huntington Ingalls. "Ingalls Shipbuilding Authenticates Keel of Bougainville (LHA 8)". Huntington Ingalls Newsroom. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Ingalls, Navy Investigating Fire in Superstructure of Future Big Deck USS Bougainville". USNI News. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
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