Austal usa, mobile, AL, recently held a keel-laying ceremony for the fourth Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Montgomery (LCS 8). The ship is the second LCS of 10 awarded by the Navy to Austal, as prime contractor, and the keel laying ceremony is the sixth celebrated by Austal, as prime, in less than three years. During that time Austal's Mobile shipyard has grown tremendously, increasing by over 2,000 total employees, and doubling the size of the facility.
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