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Austal Delivers LCS-28 To U.S. Navy

Monday, June 28th, 2021

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Austal Delivers LCS-28 To U.S. Navy

The future Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS-28) undergoing acceptance trials in May 2021. (Photo: Austal USA)

Austal USA delivered the future littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS-28) to the Navy on June 25, the company announced Monday. LCS-28 is the 14th Independence-variant LCS and seventh such vessel the company delivered to the Navy within the past two years. The company produces the vessels in its Mobile, Ala. shipyard. Last month, the Savannah successfully completed acceptance trials with demonstrations in-port and underway at sea in the Gulf of Mexico. LCS-28 is set to sail to its homeport…

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