USS Oakland (LCS-24) departs for acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Austal USA Photo
The Navy over the weekend will commission a new Littoral Combat Ship, the Pentagon announced.
On Saturday the service will commission the future USS Oakland (LCS-24), an Independence-class LCS, in a virtual ceremony broadcast from Oakland, Calif., according to a Defense Department news release.
“Oakland is the third ship to bear the name. She is the 12th Independence-variant LCS,” the Pentagon said in the...
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