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Defence - Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)





The US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a new generation high speed warship designed to carry out a range of operations including mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare and the prosecution of surface attack craft in the near-shore (littoral) environment.

Austal is the vessel designer and builder for the General Dynamics Team which is one of two consortiums selected by the US Navy.

The platform chosen by the team is Austal's fast trimaran design which provides enhanced seakeeping, low resistance, superior aviation facilities and large payload carrying capacity.

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Launch of INDEPENDENCE (LCS 2)
 Launch of the 127 metre trimaran Littoral Combat Ship in April 2008 at Austal USA
Client: US Navy
Country: USA
  
Capacity:
  
Littoral Combat Ship
Client: US Navy
Country: USA
  
Capacity: See following
Speed: In excess of 40 knots