![]() The Giffords will be the 16th naval ship named for a woman. congresswoman who was shot in an assassination attempt in January 2011, was built in Mobile, Alabama, by Austral USA. The Gabrielle Giffords, named after the former U.S. The Little Rock follows LCS-10, the USS Gabrielle Giffords, in launching this year. The Little Rock will now undergo sea trials before official delivery to the Navy, expected in 2016. Brian Antonio, executive officer of the LCS program, said Saturday the Navy will have four LCS vessels based out of Singapore by 2018 as it focuses on the Asia-Pacific region. Fred Kacher, commodore of the Navy’s Destroyer Squadron 7, said in a press release. Deployment of multiple LCSs to Southeast Asia underscores the importance of this ‘region on the rise’ and the value persistent presence brings,” Capt. “Routine operations like the one Fort Worth just completed in the South China Sea will be the new normal as we welcome four LCSs to the region in the coming years. Navy said at the time that LCS vessels will be making more frequent visits to the region. Littoral combat ships made news earlier this year when the USS Fort Worth, LCS-3, the second in the Freedom class, cruised through the South China Sea, where China is building facilities on reclaimed land in the disputed Spratly Islands. Ships of the Independence class hold are designated by even hull numbers. Freedom-class ships hold odd hull numbers. LCS vessels come in two variants, the monohull Freedom class and the trimaran Independence class. The ships have a core crew of around 50 with accommodations for 97 sailors, depending on the mission. LCS ships are designed with what the Navy calls “mission modules,” which can be switched out quickly according to assigned tasks. It is designed to defeat asymmetric ‘anti-access’ threats such as mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft,” a Navy fact file on the ships says. “LCS is a fast, agile, focused-mission platform designed for operation in near-shore (littoral) environments yet capable of open-ocean operation. ![]()
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