Ships Navy will commission in ‘21 The Navy will commission seven ships in 2021 and christen eight more, according to the Naval Sea Systems Command. Three Littoral Combat Ships will join the fleet after commissioning ceremonies. Two were built at Austal USA in Mobile, Ala.: USS Oakland (LCS-24) and USS Mobile (LCS-26). USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (LCS-21) was built at Marinette (Wis.) Marine. USNS Apalachicola (T-EPF-13), the 13th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, and the amphibious transport dock USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) will also be commissioned. Both were built at Huntington Ingalls in Pascagoula, Miss. USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118), expeditionary mobile base Miguel Keith, fast-attack submarines Oregon and Montana will also enter the fleet. Scheduled for christening in 2021 are three destroyers, two of which will built at Huntington Ingalls-Pascagoula, Miss.: Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) and Jack Lucas (DDG-125). Carl M. Levin (DDG-120) was built at Bath (Maine) Iron Works. Replenishment oilers John Lewis and Harvey V. Milk, and fast-attack sub Rickover will also be christened. (Source: Navy Times 12/30/20) https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/12/30/new-in-2021-here-are-all-the-ships-the-navy-will-commission-and-christen-in-the-coming-year/
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