Naval Warfare
USS Kansas City handed over to US Navy
The US Navy has taken delivery of littoral combat ship (LCS) 22 at a ceremony at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama.
The future USS Kansas City is the 11th the Independence class LCS to join the fleet, and the 21st overall.
The vessel is set to be commissioned into navy ...
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