MOBILE, AL — Construction is underway in a Mobile, Alabama shipyard of the U-S Navy’s final littoral combat ship. Austal U-S-A is building L-C-S 38, which will carry the name of South Dakota’s capital city. Austal’s crew of ship builders got a crash course in the ship’s namesake during it’s keel laying last week. Howard Barkof the Navy’s L-C-S Deputy Program Manager tipped his hat to Pierre’s championship-winning high school football team…
Pierre mayor Steve Harding says the Pierre will represent more than just the state capitol city…
U-S Senator Mike Rounds gave a cliff notes version of how Pierre and Fort Pierre came to being and told the ship builders their work is important…
L-C-S 38 is expected to be christened in 2024 and commissioned in 2025. It will be home-ported in San Diego, California and will operate in the Pacific Ocean.
