Oct 6, 2023

7 Decommissioned, is 8 next?

 The U.S. Navy ship LCS 7---The U.S.S. Detroit----has been decommissioned.

The next one, at least numerically, is LCS 8...The USS Montgomery. It has been on unofficial lists of ships to be sold to some unspecified "foreign" navy. Will it be next?

The USS Montgomery, i.e., LCS8

 USS Montgomery (LCS-8) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the fourth ship to be named for Montgomery, the capital of Alabama. Wikipedia

Length: 418′
Launched: August 6, 2014
Construction started: June 25, 2013
Builder: Austal USA
Beam: 104′
Place built: Mobile
Ship Class: Independence-class littoral combat ship.

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