USS Savannah and USS Nantucket

On Tuesday, Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer announced the next Freedom and Independence variant Littoral Combat Ships will be named USS Nantucket and USS Savannah.

The future USS Savannah (LCS 28), an Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, is the sixth ship to bear the name of the oldest city in Georgia.

The future USS Nantucket (LCS 27), a Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship, will be the third commissioned U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, said Lt. Joshua Kelsey.

Nantucket will be built by Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisc. Savannah will be built by Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., Kelsey said.

LCS is a modular, reconfigurable ship, designed to meet validated fleet requirements for surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare and mine countermeasures missions in the littoral region. An interchangeable mission package is embarked on each LCS and provides the primary mission systems in one of these warfare areas.

Courtesy of the Savannah Morning News: Savannah Now and MarineLink.com