The US Navy has taken delivery of
the future USS Kansas City, an Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS)
built by Austal USA.
the future USS Kansas City, an Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS)
built by Austal USA.
The 127-metre vessel is designed
to defeat asymmetric “anti-access” threats such as mines, quiet diesel
submarines, and fast surface craft.
to defeat asymmetric “anti-access” threats such as mines, quiet diesel
submarines, and fast surface craft.
The future Kansas City is the
11th Independence-class LCS built by Austal.
11th Independence-class LCS built by Austal.
Five other sister vessels are
under various stages of construction at the company’s shipyard in Mobile,
Alabama.
under various stages of construction at the company’s shipyard in Mobile,
Alabama.
Credit: Baird Maritime
