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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Navy's Second Littoral Combat Ship to be Commissioned in Mid-January


USS Independence (LCS 2) will be commissioned Jan. 16 at a ceremony in Mobile, Ala.

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a fast, agile, mission-focused ship that demonstrates the latest in naval warfighting technology.

The ship is specifically designed to defeat "anti-access" threats in shallow, coastal water regions, including fast surface craft, quiet diesel submarines and mines.

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