Austal LCS 8 to homeport in SD

SAN DIEGO - The Navy will homeport two future Littoral Combat Ships – including the Gulf Coast-built USS Montgomery (LCS 8) - at Naval Base San Diego next summer. USS Detroit (LCS 7) is a Freedom-class ship and is being built at Marinette (Wis.) Marine. Montgomery is an Independence-class LCS under construction at Austal USA in Mobile, Ala. Stationing the LCS at a West Coast port supports the Navy’s rebalance of ships for the Asia-Pacific region. By 2020, about 60 percent of ships and aircraft will be based in that region. (Source: Navy News Service 12/23/15)