“The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) shipyard on November 18. The ship, the 11th Freedom-variant LCS designed by the Lockheed Martin-led industry team at Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin, marks the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder, part of a Lockheed Martin-led team, to the U.S. Navy. LCS 21 was accepted after rigorous testing of its сomЬіпed gear modification that will allow for unrestricted operations, adding to the class-wide flexibility discovered as the fleet deployed the ships in various naval maneuvers. LCS 21 is the first Freedom-variant ship to receive the fix.”
T?? ??t??? USS Minn????lis-S?int P??l is t?? s?c?n? n?v?l s?i? t? ??n?? Minn?s?t?’s Twin Citi?s ?lt????? ??c? cit? ??s ???n ??n???? twic? ??????. T?? ?i?st US N?v? w??s?i? n?m?? Minn????lis-S?int P??l w?s ? L?s An??l?s-cl?ss s??m??in? l??nc??? in 1983 w?? t??k ???t in O????ti?n D?s??t S?i?l?/D?s??t St??m. USS Minn????lis-S?int P??l (SSN 708) w?s t?? ?i?st s??m??in? t? c???? T?m???wk missil?s s??ci?ic?ll? ??si?n?? ??? ?s? in st?ik?s ???inst I??? ???in? t?? G?l? W??. H?vin? s??v?? ??? ?v?? tw? ??c???s wit? ?istincti?n, t?? s??m??in? Minn????lis-S?int P??l w?s ??c?mmissi?n?? in 2007.
T?? L?ck???? M??tin (NYSE: LMT)-l?? s?i???il?in? t??m l??nc??? Litt???l C?m??t S?i? (LCS) 21, t?? ??t??? USS Minn????lis-S?int P??l int? t?? M?n?min?? Riv?? ?t t?? Finc?nti??i M??in?tt? M??in? S?i?????.“T???? m??ks ? si?ni?ic?nt s?i???il?in? mil?st?n? in t?? li?? ?? t?? ??t??? USS Minn????lis-S?int P??l, ?n ?xc??ti?n?l s?i? w?ic? will c?n??ct ?????ti?ns ????n? t?? ?l???,” s?i? LCS ??????m m?n???? C??t. Mik? T??l??. “I l??k ???w??? t? s??in? Minn????lis-S?int P??l j?in ??? sist?? s?i?s wit? 100 ???c?nt ?? ?????lsi?n ??w?? ?v?il??l? ??? ?n??st?ict?? ?s?.”
S?v???l m??? F?????m v??i?nt s?i?s ??? ?n??? c?nst??cti?n ?t Finc?nti??i M??in?tt? M??in? C???. in M??in?tt?, Wisc?nsin. P?n?in? s?cc?ss??l ?t-s?? t?stin? ?? its c?m?inin? ???? m??i?ic?ti?n, C?????st?wn (LCS 23) is ?l?nn?? t? ??liv?? in J?n???? 2022. A??iti?n?l s?i?s in v??i??s st???s ?? c?nst??cti?n incl??? M??in?tt? (LCS 25), N?nt?ck?t (LCS 27), B?l?it (LCS 29) ?n? Cl?v?l?n? (LCS 31). T?? Litt???l C?m??t S?i? (LCS) is ? ??st, ??il?, missi?n-??c?s?? ?l?t???m ??si?n?? t? ?????t? in n???-s???? ?nvi??nm?nts, winnin? ???inst 21st-c?nt??? c??st?l t????ts. T?? LCS is c????l? ?? s?????tin? ???w??? ???s?nc?, m??itim? s?c??it?, s?? c?nt??l, ?n? ??t????nc?.
