Tuesday, October 21, 2014

USS Detroit (LCS 7) Christened, Launched


A seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) for the US Navy (USN) was launched on 18 October.

Christened Detroit (LCS 7), the ship entered the water for the first time at Marinette Marine Corp's construction facilities in Marinette, Wisconsin.

The 118.6 m steel monohull is the fourth Freedom variant LCS being built by a team led by Lockheed Martin. Detroit is the second ship in a batch of 10 LCS currently in serial production at the Marinette Marine shipyard. It is expected to be ready for handover in November 2015, according to Naval Sea Systems Command.

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