USS Green Bay Builders Trials

Good news coming from Avondale regarding USS Green Bay (LPD 20).

The USS Green Bay has completed its maiden voyage during Builder's Trials.

"Builder's Trials was a successful event, and we continue counting down the days until the crew of USS Green Bay accepts delivery of the ship on Aug. 29," said Lt. Frank Lencz, USS Green Bay operations officer.

The ship departed June 23 from the Northrop Grumman pier in Avondale, La., and traveled down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.

About 950 shipbuilders, government contractors and military personnel were aboard for the test run.

Below are some of the photo's we have been sent from the USS Green Bay (LPD 20) builders trials. Click for hi res, and yes we see the rust too.



The really nice thing about these photo's is that they are the first we have seen that really give people a sense for the size of these platforms. The Navy is thinking about all kinds of ways to reuse this hull, and we think that is a very smart thing to do.