MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Pierre (LCS 38) from Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, ...

The ship, which cost nearly $600 million to build, is the last Independence-class LCS to be built for the Navy.

Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to the Navy Friday, the shipbuilder announced. Future ...

The U.S. Navy announced it has accepted delivery of the future USS Pierre (LCS 38) on July 11, marking the completion of the ...

The US Navy’s Programme Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) announced on 11 July that the service has ...

Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the ...

Austal USA delivered the future USS Pierre (LCS 38) to the U.S. Navy this past Friday, the second ship delivered by the ...

USS Pierre departs Austal USA shipyard to conduct acceptance trials in Mobile, Ala., in June 2025. The Navy said on June 23, 2025, that the Independence-class littoral combat ship had completed ...

The future USS Pierre is set for commissioning later this year and will be stationed in San Diego, California.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 28, 2017 ” The U.S. Navy has conducted qualification trials on the USS Detroit littoral combat ship built by a Lockheed Martin-led (NYSE: LMT) industry team to check the ...