Naval Warfare
Mobile clears acceptance trial hurdle
The future USS Mobile, an Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), has successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico.
‘This is the last significant milestone before delivery of the ship’ to the USN, shipbuilder Austal USA noted in a 12 October statement.
The ship is the third LCS ...
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