The US Navy commissioned its newest Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), USS Cincinnati (LCS 20), into service during a ceremony on 5 October in Gulfport, Miss.
The vessel will be home ported in San Diego, with a crew of 70 officers and enlisted personnel.
LCS is a fast, agile and networked surface combatant with a range of primary roles including countering diesel submarine threats, littoral mine threats and surface threats to assure maritime access for joint forces.
The fleet has the ability to rapidly install interchangeable mission packages to meet to fulfil a specific mission requirements. The packages can then be uninstalled, maintained and upgraded at the Mission Package Support Facility for future use aboard any LCS sea frame.
After estimating that the first Columbia Class submarine would be delivered 16 months late, the US Navy has recently confirmed that an additional month will be required to complete its construction.
Naval vessels are at high risk when in harbour, port or dockside and the threat from asymmetric attacks has been shown in the Ukraine war against Russian ships. A demonstration of combined systems in the UK hoped to show a potential solution to defence, government and commercial delegates.
After troubled progress with the Littoral Combat Ship programme, the US Navy plans to commission USS Pierre (LCS 38) this autumn.
The frigates are based on Babcock’s Arrowhead 140 design but are substantially changed and include a range of Turkish weapons such as radars, sonar, guns and electronic warfare systems.
RTX Raytheon will supply missile kits, parts and components to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation for the production of Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles Block 2.
By replacing capabilities that are more than 60 years old, the Inland Construction Tenders will support the building, repairing and maintaining of fixed aids to navigation.
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