LCS 4 undergoes unique training

CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore - After completing a four-day visit to Brunei, the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) conducted a passing exercise, and search and seizure training with the Royal Brunei Navy in the South China Sea. On Feb. 25, the Gulf Coast-built LCS returned to its forward-deployed base in Singapore. Training at sea with a regional partner for the first time while deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet provided unique opportunities for the crew, said Lt. j.g. Anthony Grayson, surface warfare detachment officer in charge. Flight operations with its embarked MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter and MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopters were a primary focus of the underway period, according to Lt. Cmdr. Thanh Nguyen, officer in charge of detachment five of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23. (Source: USS Coronado 02/27/17) Gulf Coast Note: LCS 4 was built at Austal USA Shipyard in Mobile, Ala.