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Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Related News

February 5, 2019
INDY Variant Littoral Combat Ship 36 and 38 Named USS Kingsville and USS Pierre
Mobile, Ala. – Austal USA is excited to learn the Secretary of the Navy has named littoral combat ships 36 and 38. LCS 36 is the USS Kingsville after Kingsville, Texas, and LCS 38 is USS Pierre after the capitol city of South Dakota. The...
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January 31, 2019
Indy Variant Littoral Combat Ship 34 Named USS Augusta
Mobile, Ala. – Austal USA is excited to learn the name of littoral combat ship 34 is the USS Augusta (LCS 34) after the beautiful city of Augusta, Maine. The name was revealed today by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus...
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January 25, 2019
Austal USA Awarded $16M Post-Delivery Contract Expanding Its Alabama Operations
Mobile, Ala. –the U.S. Navy awarded Austal USA a $16.3 million contract yesterday to perform extended industrial post-delivery availability work at its Mobile, Alabama manufacturing facility – a first for Austal USA and the Navy. Austal...
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December 23, 2018
Austal USA Receives US$21M Order for U.S. Navy LCS Post Delivery Service Work
Mobile, Ala. – The United States Department of Defense has awarded Austal USA, as the prime contractor, a $21,070,175 order against a previously awarded Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) to accomplish the Post Shakedown Availability (PSA)...
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December 17, 2018
Austal USA Awarded LCS 36 and 38
After delivering an unprecedented three Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships this year, Austal USA was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy today to build two additional LCS for the US Navy fleet – bringing the total to four LCS awarded...
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September 22, 2018
Austal USA Celebrates the Christening of Kansas City (LCS 22)
MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA proudly hosted the christening of the nation’s 22nd Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Kansas City, at its state-of-the-art ship manufacturing facility today.  Kansas City is the eleventh of 17...
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September 18, 2018
Austal USA Awarded Littoral Combat Ships 32 and 34
Mobile, Ala. – Austal USA was awarded a contract modification by the U.S. Navy today to build two additional Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships, its sixteenth and seventeenth ships in the class. The award of LCS 32 and 34 is a clear...
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August 31, 2018
Austal USA Delivers Future Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) to the U.S. Navy
MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA delivered its ninth Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) to the U.S. Navy today – the third LCS delivered by Austal this year. The future USS Charleston (LCS 18) will be the sixteenth LCS to enter the...
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August 3, 2018
Littoral Combat Ship Charleston (LCS 18) Completes Acceptance Trials
MOBILE, Ala. – Charleston (LCS 18), the ninth Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) built by Austal, successfully completed acceptance trials in mid-July in the Gulf of Mexico. This milestone achievement involved the execution of...
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May 5, 2018
Austal USA Hosts Christening for the Future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20)
MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA celebrated the christening of Littoral Combat Ship 20 (LCS 20), the future USS Cincinnati, with a ceremony at its state-of-the-art ship manufacturing facility this morning. Cincinnati is the tenth of 15 Independence-...
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