An audience of over 1,000 dignitaries, community leaders, and Austal USA employees celebrated the christening of the future Mobile (LCS 26) last week at Austal’s ship manufacturing facility in Mobile, Ala. It is the third U.S. Navy ship christened at the shipyard in 2019 and the fifth ship named after the city. Mobile is the 13th of 19 small surface combatants Austal USA has under contract with the Navy.
“It is such an honor for a future Littoral Combat Ship to be named after the city of...
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