Next Independence-Class Littoral Ship To Be Named Cincinnati, Says Mabus

July 21 2015

USA

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has officially announced the name of the next Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS), reports the Dept. of Defense.

LCS-20 will be named Cincinnati, the secretary said on Sunday.

The fifth vessel in naval history to carry that name, the Cincinnati will be built to the Austal USA aluminum-hull design in Mobile, Ala. The littoral ship will be the 10th in that design.

The LCS is designed to carry a variety of modular mission packages for...

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