Austal ship to visit Pensacola

The USS Independence (LCS 2), the littoral combat ship built at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala., will visit Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., on Sept. 12 to conduct shipboard mission module testing over the next several weeks. Base officials say LCS 2, new generation ship with an aluminum trimaran design, will not be open for tours to the public and fishermen and boaters are reminded that a 5000-foot cordon around the ship will be enforced. (Source: Gosport, 09/09/11)