LCS christened in Mobile

MOBILE, Ala. - A littoral combat ship christened over the weekend at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile Bay will be delivered to the Navy next year. The Independence, LCS 2, was built by prime contractor General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, along with Austal USA, BAE Systems, L3 Communications Marine Systems, Maritime Applied Physics Corporation and Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems. It’s the first U.S. trimaran warship. (Source: Multiple, 10/06/08)