Lcs 2 sea trials

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The inspection found 2, discrepancies, including 39 high-priority deficiencies, but concluded that all could be resolved before the Navy accepts the ship as scheduled. The ship was delivered to the Navy on 17 December On 18 December, the Navy officially accepted custody of the ship. The ship was commissioned on 16 January in Mobile, Alabama [32] and completed her maiden voyage in April Seven United State Senators have sent a letter to the Department of Defense questioning the management of the corrosion problems of Independence.

Johnson said that a " cathodic protection system" would be installed on the ship. In US Navy sources described early documents that showed that the ship was to be named Liberty was a mistake. Military Wiki Explore. Popular pages.

Grant Richard Winters Harry Welsh. Project maintenance. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Edit source History Talk 0. For other ships of the same name, see USS Independence. Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 22 November The stable trimaran hull allows for flight operations in high sea conditions. The design is based on a proven Austal Henderson, Australia high-speed trimaran hull that is currently operating at sea.

Despite the weather, the ship repeatedly reached speeds of over 45 knots with propulsion and ride-control systems operating in full automatic mode, proving the effectiveness of the control systems and the highly efficient and stable characteristics of the trimaran hull form. During the repeated high-speed turns the ship demonstrated excellent agility and stability characteristics. This architecture enables the crew to operate consoles and workstations anywhere on the vessel.

If required, the entire bridge area can be reconfigured to meet specific mission requirement, support distributed operations on board or reconfigured to recover from combat damage. It meets Navy open architecture requirements, strictly adheres to published industry standards and facilitates the integration of commercially available products.

Construction of the second ship of this class has begun on December with the keel laying ceremony of the Independence sister ship — Coronado LCS-4 , shceduled for delivery by in June Sign in.

Log into your account. August 3, Capt. Chris Peterschmidt relieved Capt. September 28 , Cmdr. David Back relieved Cmdr.

March 1, Cmdr. Joe A. Gagliano relieved Cmdr. Jerby as CO of the Independence Blue during a change-of-command ceremony on board the ship. Returned home on March 1. April 2 , Cmdr. Jeremy Gray relieved Cmdr. August 14 , Cmdr. Michael L.

Smith relieved Cmdr. January 27, USS Independence Blue returned to homeport after a month-long underway in support of counter-illicit trafficking operations off the coast of Central America.?