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Navy/USMC

Austal USA Delivers LCS-16 To Navy

Monday, April 30th, 2018

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Austal USA Delivers LCS-16 To Navy

The future USS Tulsa (LCS-16) Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship is launched in Mobile, Ala. in March 2016. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Austal USA delivered the future Littoral Combat Ship USS Tulsa (LCS-16) to the U.S. Navy during a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala., on Monday.Austal USA builds the even-numbered Independence-variant LCSs, which feature a trimaran hull. LCS-16 is the 13th LCS delivered to the Navy and the eighth Independence-variant. The delivery of Tulsa is the last milestone before the ship is commissioned, which is set for late 2018 in San Francisco.“Today marks a significant milestone in the life…

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