LCS 32

Austal USA holds keel laying ceremony for LCS 32

Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., hosted future USS Santa Barbara ship sponsor and keel authenticator, Lolita Zinke, recently at a keel laying ceremony for the 16th Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Zinke welded her initials into the ship’s keel plate officially authenticating that the keel of the future USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) “has been truly and fairly laid”.

The 421’6″x103.7′ Independence-variant LCS is the most recent step in the small surface combatant evolution. A high-speed,...

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Austal USA awarded littoral combat ships 32 and 34

Austal USA recently delivered the 16th LCS to the Navy. Austal USA photo

Mobile, Ala.-based Austal USA was awarded a contract modification by the Navy Tuesday to build two additional 421’6″x103.7′ Independence-variant littoral combat ships, its 16th and 17th ships in the class.

The award of LCS 32 and 34 is a clear sign of the continued confidence the Navy has in Austal’s LCS program, the shipyard said in a statement announcing the contract. The specific value of each contract is under the congressional cost cap of $584 million per ship.

“To be awarded these contracts...

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