Name Omaha Awarded 29 December 2010 Sponsored by Susie Buffett Construction started 18 February 2015 Length 127 m Builder Austal USA | Namesake Omaha, Nebraska Laid down 18 February 2015 Christened 19 December 2015 Launched 20 November 2015 Displacement 797,000 kg | |
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USS Omaha (LCS-12) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She will be the fourth ship to be named for Omaha, the largest city in Nebraska. The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was on 18 February 2015, at Mobile, Alabama.
Omaha was launched from Austal USA's shipyards in Mobile, Alabama on 20 November 2015.
Omaha was christened on 19 December 2015. The ship's sponsor was Omaha philanthropist Susie Buffett.
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