Austal to build another LCS

The Navy on Friday awarded a contract to a Bath Iron Works-led team for the construction of Coronado (LCS 4), the second Littoral Combat Ship to feature a high-speed trimaran hull. The 419-foot surface combatant ship will be manufactured by Austal USA in Mobile, Ala. It’s scheduled for delivery to the Navy in May 2012. Bath Iron Works in Maine is a subsidiary of General Dynamics. (Source: PRNewswire, 05/01/09)