The Goal: LCS Update

Source: http://www.coltoncompany.com/

Four More LCSs Contracted Bypassing the DoD's DefenseLink system, the Navy announced yesterday the exercise of options on its contracts with the two LCS contractors covering the next four ships, LCS 9 through 12. Read the announcement here. The table below shows the current status of the program. March 17, 2012. Type # Name Builder $mm Delivery Status LCS 1 Freedom Marinette Marine 19-Sep-08 Active LCS 2 Independence Austal USA 18-Dec-09 Active LCS 3 Fort Worth Marinette Marine 471 12-Jun Building LCS 4 Coronado Austal USA 434 13-Mar Building LCS 5 Milwaukee Marinette Marine 437 14-Aug Building LCS 6 Jackson Austal USA 432 14-Feb Building LCS 7 Detroit Marinette Marine 377 15-Aug Building LCS 8 Montgomery Austal USA 369 14-Oct Building LCS 9 Little Rock Marinette Marine 357 16-Feb Building LCS 10 Gabrielle Giffords Austal USA 346 15-Aug Building LCS 11 Sioux City Marinette Marine 357 16-Aug Building LCS 12 Omaha Austal USA 346 16-Mar Building

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Source: http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/seaward-services-to-operate-hsvs-alakai-huakai-for-us-navy

Seaward Services to Operate HSVs Alakai & Huakai for US Navy
Monday, March 19, 2012

Seaward Services (SSI), a HMS Global Maritime (HMSGM) company based in New Albany, Indiana, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract through Military Sealift Command (MSC) to operate and convert the former Hawaii Superferry vessels HSV Alakai and Huakai for MSC...

The contract is anticipated to extend to last for one year and will end with the delivery of the vessel to Naha, Okinawa, Japan, where it will provide services to the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force...

[Ed. Note - Report does not say where the Alakai and Huakai will be in the year before delivery to Okinawa...]