AMSC announced it has entered into a delivery contract with the U.S. Navy for a high temperature conductor (HTS)-based ship protection system to be deployed on the San Antonio class of amphibious transport dock ship USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29). This order represents AMSC’s fourth ship protection system contract for the San Antonio Class Amphibious ship platform. USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) will be the 13th amphibious transport dock ship of the USS San Antonio-class. Amphibious transport dock ship LPD-29 is named after U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient Richard Miles McCool, Jr. AMSC’s ship protection system is designed to reduce the magnetic signature of a ship, which can interfere with undersea mines’ ability to detect and damage the ship. The San Antonio-class of ships can carry up to 800 troops and has the capability of transporting and debarking landing craft air cushion or conventional landing crafts, augmented by helicopters or vertical take-off and landing aircraft such as the MV-22. These ships are expected to support amphibious assault, special operations or expeditionary warfare missions through the first half of the 21st century.