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US Navy - Littoral Combat Ship LCS 28 - USS Savannah |
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Type,
class: Littoral Combat Ship - LCS; Independence
class Builder: Austal-USA, Mobile, Alabama, USA STATUS: Awarded: June 23, 2017 Laid down: September 20, 2019 Christened: August 29, 2020 Launched: September 3, 2020 Commissioned: February 5, 2022 IN SERVICE Homeport: San Diego, California Namesake: City of Savannah, Georgia Ships Motto: NOT FOR SELF - BUT FOR OTHERS Technical Data: see: INFO > Independence class Littoral Combat Ship - LCS |
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![]() arriving at her new homeport for the first time - San Diego, California - March 1, 2022 ![]() Key West, Florida - February 2022 ![]() Key West, Florida - February 2022 ![]() Key West, Florida - February 2022 ![]() Key West, Florida - February 2022 ![]() commissioning ceremony - Brunswick, Georgia - February 5, 2022 ![]() trials ![]() roll out at Austal USA shipyard, Mobile, Alabama - September 2, 2020 |
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USS Savannah (LCS 28): ... history wanted ... |
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Savannah ... is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War, Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's fifth-largest city, with a 2018 estimated population of 145,862. The Savannah metropolitan area, Georgia's third-largest, had an estimated population of 389,494 in 2018. |
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