LCS 12 acceptance trials

MOBILE, Ala. - The Navy's future Littoral Combat Ship USS Omaha (LCS 12) successfully conducted acceptance trials May 12 after completing a series of in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey. Acceptance trials are the last major milestone before delivery to the Navy. Following delivery, Omaha will to commissioned in California and homeported in San Diego alongside sister Independence Class ships Independence, Coronado, Jackson, Montgomery, and Gabrielle Giffords. The Austal USA Shipyard in Mobile, Ala., has numerous Independence class LCS under degrees of construction: LCS 14 Manchester, LCS 16 Tulsa, LCS 18 Charleston, LCS 20 Cincinnati, LCS 22 Kansas City, LCS 24 Oakland, and LCS 26. (Source: Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communication 05/22/17)