LCS 4 continues deployment

PEARL HARBOR - Littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Aug. 26 to continue its deployment to the Western Pacific. The ship's departure follows participation in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016 international training exercise in which the ship successfully completed a Harpoon missile launch. The firing represented the first time an over-the-horizon (OTH) missile technology has been introduced to the Independence class of LCS. Coronado and its crew began their deployment June 22 after departing its Naval Base San Diego home port. Gulf Coast Note: The Independence class of LCS is built at Austal-USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala. (Source: USS Coronado 08/29/16)