Shipbuilder Lays Keel For Manchester Littoral Ship
July 06 2015
Austal USA has laid the keel for another littoral combat ship, reports the Mobile, Ala.-based shipbuilder.
The milestone ceremony for the Manchester (LCS-14) was held June 29 at Austal's shipyard in Mobile.
The vessel is the fifth Independence-class littoral ship ordered under a 2010 block buy with the U.S. Navy.
The keel-laying event marks the beginning of final assembly of the 37 modules that form the ship. Nineteen modules have been erected in the final assembly bay in...
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