LCS 10 arrives at new homeport

SAN DIEGO - The USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), the newest Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship arrived at its new homeport of San Diego on July 5, after successfully completing her maiden voyage from Mobile, Ala. Following construction and acceptance trials earlier this year at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Giffords sailed to Galveston, Texas, where she was commissioned June 10. During the ship’s transit, sailors conducted Combat Ship Systems Qualification Trials events, various crew certification training events, and regularly scheduled equipment and systems checks; and also transited through the Panama Canal. (Source: USS Gabrielle Giffords 07/06/17)