Austal delivered its 12th trimaran LCS to the US Navy on June 29th.

Trimaran littoral combat ship. The other with an entirely different hull design a trimaran is built by Austal USA in Mobile Alabama. One of the US Navys new Littoral. The ship is built to support up to two helicopters with two hangars and a large helicopter landing pad.

It has a twin too. The Independence variant LCS is an open ocean capable vessel but is designed to defeat growing littoral threats and provide access and dominance in the coastal water battlespace. The Navy has proposed decommissioning the first four littoral combat ships citing misalignment with the rest of the fleet.

The Navy has procured 35 littoral combat ships. Intended to operate in coastal areas the ship will be fast highly maneuverable and geared to supporting mine detectionelimination anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare particularly against small surface craft. The core mission system of the US.

The INDEPENDENCE variant LCS is an aluminum Stabilized Slender Trimaran ship and the FREEDOM variant LCS is a steel Double Chine. NavysIndependence-class Littoral Combat Ships. One of the US Navys new Littoral Combat Ships the USS Independence LCS-2.

Navys Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship LCS is built on General Dynamics computing infrastructure. The first order for a prototype was awarded to the BIW and Austal LCS team in October 2005 and a contract for a second BIW and Austal LCS was awarded by the Navy in May 2009. A monohull version built in Marinette Wisconsin by Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri.

The US Navy has give. Louis was launched and christened on Saturday as the latest Freedom-class installment of its Littoral Combat Ship family the much-derided Little Crappy Ship thats been. Littoral Combat Ship LCS Austal designed the seaframe and built the 418 foot aluminum trimaran ship.