Name Charleston Laid down 28 June 2016 Status Under construction Construction started 28 June 2016 Builder Austal USA | Awarded 29 December 2010 Sponsored by Bradley Byrne Length 127 m Displacement 797,000 kg | |
Namesake Charleston, South Carolina | ||
USS Charleston (LCS-18) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She will be the sixth ship to be named for Charleston, the oldest and second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina.
Charleston is under construction by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. A ceremonial laying of the keel was held at the Austal USA shipyards in Mobile on 28 June 2016. The ship's sponsor, U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne, welded his initials into the keel of Charleston as part of the ceremony.
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