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VIDEO: Austal USA lays keel for final Independence-variant LCS
Austal USA hosted a keel laying ceremony June 16 for the final Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship to be built at its Mobile, Alabama, shipyard, the future USS Pierre (LCS 38). Ship sponsor