TSAMTO, February 10. The Command of the US Navy announced the commissioning ceremony of a new coastal zone warship of the Independence class, LCS-28 Savannah, held on February 5 in Brunswick (Georgia).
LCS-28 Savannah is the 14th Independence-class LCS ship built by Austal USA for the US Navy. Cutting of the first steel sheets for LCS-28 began at Austal USA in the summer of 2018. The keel laying and authentication ceremony took place on September 20, 2019, and the baptism ceremony took place on June 5, 2021. The ship was transferred to the U.S. Navy on June 28, 2021. The home port of LCS-28 "Savannah" will be the Naval Base San Diego (California).
As reported by TSAMTO, the construction of LCS ships is carried out by two main contractors, Lockheed Martin and Austal USA, on alternative projects. The lead ship of the series, LCS-2 Independence, built by a consortium that includes Austal USA, was adopted by the US Navy on January 16, 2010.
Earlier, Austal USA transferred 13 ships of the coastal zone to the US Navy. The last in December 2020 was delivered LCS-26 "Mobile", which entered the fleet on May 22, 2021. Now at the Austal USA enterprise in Mobile (Alabama), several more ships of the series are at various stages of construction: LCS-32 "Santa Barbara", LCS-34 "Augusta", LCS-36 "Kingsville", LCS-36 "Pierre" (Pierre).
As already reported, on July 29, 2021 at the naval base of the US Navy San Diego, a ceremony was held for the decommissioning of the American fleet of the lead ship of the series – LCS-2 "Independence".
LCS is a new generation of surface warships of the US Navy, which are capable of performing a wide range of combat missions both on the high seas and in the coastal zone. Among the main functions of the ships: patrolling, combating enemy surface ships and submarines, protecting the fleet from attack by small surface vessels, mine warfare, reconnaissance, support for the actions of special operations forces.
