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| LCS 4 in San Diego. Navy photo |
The Navy will commission its newest littoral combat ship, the future
USS Coronado (LCS 4) during an April 5 ceremony at Naval Air Station, North Island in Coronado, Calif. Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark Ferguson will deliver the ceremony's principal address. The ship is the fourth littoral combat ship and the second of the Independence variant.
Coronado will be outfitted with reconfigurable mission packages and focus on a variety of mission areas including mine countermeasures, surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare. The ship was built by Austal, USA, in Mobile, Ala. (Source:
NNS, 04/02/14)
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