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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Navy's newest LCS leaves Austral shipyard

USS CoronadoThe U.S. Navy's fourth littoral combat ship is en route to California for commissioning and home-porting following acceptance trials in Alabama.

The future USS Coronado (LCS 4) is the second LCS Independence variant -- an aluminum trimaran -- and was constructed by Austral USA.

The Navy said it left Austral's shipyard in Mobile, Ala., Monday for San Diego. While en route, the ship's U.S. Navy crew will conduct hull, mechanical and electrical system shakedown events, as well as navigation checks and combat systems test events.

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