"The Future USS Omaha LCS 12 " Topic

"Austal has launched the twelfth Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Omaha (LCS 12), at its state-of-the-art ship manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday 20th November 2015. This marks the third ship Austal USA has launched this year.

"It's exciting to successfully launch another LCS, we are pleased at how well the program is maturing," said Austal USA President Craig Perciavalle. "Incredible teamwork makes it all happen and the team here is second to none."

LCS 12 will undergo final outfitting and testing before sea trials and delivery to the U.S. Navy. Omaha, a 127m Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship, is the fourth LCS Austal has launched as part of a $3.5 USD billion 10-ship block buy contract…"

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Armand

These ships take ugly to a whole new level. Not quite up there with the "Zumwalt" Class but close. These, at least, do not look like they will roll over in rough weather.

I guess they had to change the naming standards but it was nice when cruisers were named after cities and battleships were named after states.

Well, now it's submarine "battleships" (mostly boomers) that are getting named after states and submarine "cruisers" (fast-attacks) getting named after cities.

Naming carriers after dud politicians is obscene.

All the new fast attack SSN boats of the Virginia class Block 1-4 are also being named after states except for the John Warner which in true smarmy tradition is named for a living but retired Senator.

12+?

A shame they weren't deep-sixed after the first two.

(smile)

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Armand