Eastern Shipbuilding Group has been chosen by HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division to build principal structural modular units for the United States Navy’s future USS Philadelphia (LPD 32), MarineLink Maritime News reported on 4 November 2026.
Contract award
The announcement states that Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., referred to as ESG in the report, will construct key structural modular units for LPD 32 under a contract awarded by Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of HII. The report did not provide further financial or scheduling details.
The ship and its class
The vessel at the centre of the award is the future USS Philadelphia, designated LPD 32, identified in the report as a San Antonio-class Amphibious Transport Dock. The class designation and hull number were supplied in the MarineLink item.
MarineLink’s item gives the selection as the principal fact: ESG has been selected to build the structural modular units specified by Ingalls Shipbuilding for the Navy’s new ship. The report presents the selection and the parties involved without elaborating further on scope, timelines or site locations.
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. is named in the report by its corporate title. HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division is identified as the awarding party. The United States Navy is the operator of the ship referenced in the announcement.
The MarineLink report is dated 4 November 2026 and supplies the information that underpins this item: ESG’s selection to perform structural modular fabrication work for the future USS Philadelphia (LPD 32). No additional contract particulars were included in the supplied notes.
This account is confined to the details contained in the MarineLink Maritime News item of 4 November 2026: the selection of Eastern Shipbuilding Group by HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division to construct key structural modular units for the U.S. Navy vessel identified as the future USS Philadelphia, LPD 32, a San Antonio-class Amphibious Transport Dock.