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Future Independence Class Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery Completes Builder’s Trials

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Naval Forces News - USA
 
 
 
Future Independence Class Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery Completes Builder’s Trials
 
The future USS Montgomery (LCS 8) successfully completed phase two of its [A1] builder's trials, which included extensive testing of the Twin Boom Extensible Crane system, April 21. The builder, Austal USA, will perform any remaining corrective actions required of the ship in preparation for acceptance trials, to be conducted by the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) later this spring.
     
The future USS Montgomery (LCS 8) successfully completed phase two of its [A1] builder's trials, which included extensive testing of the Twin Boom Extensible Crane system, April 21. The builder, Austal USA, will perform any remaining corrective actions required of the ship in preparation for acceptance trials, to be conducted by the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) later this spring.
The future USS Montgomery (LCS 8)
     
“Montgomery was put through her paces and performed well,” said LCS program manager Capt. Tom Anderson. "I look forward to presenting her to INSURV, and also to getting her sister ship, LCS 10, to sea in the near future."

In early March, Austal USA's test and trials team successfully conducted phase one of Montgomery’s builder’s trials. Phase one trials included testing vessel propulsion, communications, navigation and combat systems, and related support systems. Montgomery is expected to be delivered to the Navy later this fiscal year.

Montgomery was christened in November 2014. LCS 10, the future USS Gabrielle Giffords, is preparing for builder’s trials later in 2016. Other sister ships including Omaha (LCS 12), Manchester (LCS 14), Tulsa (LCS 16), Charleston (LCS 18), Cincinnati (LCS 20), Kansas City (LCS 22), Oakland (LCS 24) and the yet-unnamed LCS 26 are all in varying stages of construction.

The LCS class consists of the Freedom variant and Independence variant, designed and built by two industry teams. The Freedom variant team is led by Lockheed Martin (for the odd-numbered hulls, e.g. LCS 1). The Independence variant team is led by Austal USA (for LCS 6 and follow-on even-numbered hulls).

LCS is a modular, reconfigurable ship, with three types of mission packages including surface warfare, mine countermeasures, and anti-submarine warfare. The Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ships (PEO LCS) is responsible for delivering and sustaining littoral mission capabilities to the fleet. Delivering high-quality warfighting assets while balancing affordability and capability is key to supporting the nation's maritime strategy.

Link to Independence class Littoral Combat Ship technical datasheet