Awarded 29 December 2010 Sponsored by Dr. Kate Cochran Construction started 18 October 2012 Length 127 m | Laid down 18 October 2012 Acquired 11 August 2015 Launched 14 December 2013 Displacement 797,000 kg | |
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USS Jackson (LCS-6) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first ship to be named for Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.
Construction began on 1 August 2011 with the first cutting of aluminum at Austal USA's Modular Manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama. The name of the ship was announced on 5 October 2011. The ship was launched on 14 December 2013. Jackson was delivered to the Navy on 11 August 2015 and placed into service that day.
The ship was commissioned in a 5 December 2015 ceremony in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Jackson underwent the first of three shock trials in waters off Florida on 16 June 2016, and the last being reported having been completed the week prior to 20 July 2016. A charge of 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) was set off at around 100 yards (91 m) with the ship wired with around 260 instruments to record the effects.
