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US Navy - Littoral Combat Ship
LCS 18 - USS Charleston
 
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Type, class: Littoral Combat Ship - LCS; Independence class
Builder: Austal-USA, Mobile, Alabama, USA
  
STATUS:
 Awarded: December 29, 2010
Laid down: June 28, 2016
Launched: September 14, 2017
Commissioned: March 2, 2019
IN SERVICE
  
Homeport: Naval Base San Diego, California
Namesake: City of Charleston, South Carolina
Ships Motto: WHILE WE BREATHE - WE FIGHT
Technical Data: see: INFO > Independence class Littoral Combat Ship - LCS
 
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Mk.110 gun fire - Indian Ocean - March 2023

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Strait of Malacca - March 2023

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South China Sea - February 2023

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South China Sea - January 2023

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during exercise Kakadu 2022 - Arafura Sea - September 2022

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Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - June 2022

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Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - June 2022

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Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - June 2022

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Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan - June 2022

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Sea of Japan - May 2022

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Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan - May 2022

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Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan - May 2022

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Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan - May 2022

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NSM/JSM missile launcher + Mk.110 gun - Apra Harbor, Guam - May 2022

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NSM/JSM missile launcher - Apra Harbor, Guam - May 2022

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Twin Boom Extensible Crane (TBEC) small boat operations - Apra Harbor, Guam - April 2022

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Twin Boom Extensible Crane (TBEC) small boat operations - Apra Harbor, Guam - April 2022

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Apra Harbor, Guam - April 2022

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Apra Harbor, Guam - February 2022

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Subic Bay, Philippines - January 2022

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Philippine Sea - December 2021

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Dili, East Timor - December 2021

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NSM/JSM missile launcher + Mk.110 gun - Philippine Sea - November 2021

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Mk.110 57mm gun - Philippine Sea - November 2021

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Port Lae, Papua New Guinea - November 2021

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Philippine Sea - November 2021

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Apra Harbor, Guam - October 2021

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Apra Harbor, Guam - October 2021

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Sulu Sea - October 2021

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Subic Bay, Philippines - October 2021

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South China Sea - October 2021

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Philippine Sea - October 2021

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Philippine Sea - October 2021

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Philippine Sea - October 2021

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Philippine Sea - October 2021

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Philippine Sea - October 2021

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Apra Harbor, Guam - September 2021

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Philippine Sea - September 2021

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Philippine Sea - September 2021

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Philippine Sea - September 2021

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Philippine Sea - September 2021

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Twin Boom Extensible Crane (TBEC) small boat operations - Philippine Sea - September 2021

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Twin Boom Extensible Crane (TBEC) small boat operations - Philippine Sea - September 2021

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Twin Boom Extensible Crane (TBEC) small boat operations - Philippine Sea - September 2021

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Twin Boom Extensible Crane (TBEC) small boat operations - Philippine Sea - September 2021

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Philippine Sea - September 2021

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Philippine Sea - August 2021

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Philippine Sea - August 2021

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Philippine Sea - August 2021

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Apra Harbor, Guam - August 2021

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Mk.110 gun fire exercise - South China Sea - July 2021

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Indian Ocean - June 2021

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Trincomalee, Sri Lanka - June 2021

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Trincomalee, Sri Lanka - June 2021

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Trincomalee, Sri Lanka - June 2021

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Trincomalee, Sri Lanka - June 2021

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Trincomalee, Sri Lanka - June 2021

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Pacific Ocean - May 2021

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Pacific Ocean - May 2021

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Pacific Ocean - May 2021

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Pacific Ocean - May 2021

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Pacific Ocean - May 2021

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Pacific Ocean - May 2021

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Pacific Ocean - May 2021

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Twin Boom Extensible Crane (TBEC) small boat operations - Pacific Ocean - April 2021

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a RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) was fired from the Mk.15 Mod.31 SeaRAM close-in weapon system (CIWS) - April 2021

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San Francisco Fleet Week, California - October 2019

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San Francisco Fleet Week, California - October 2019

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San Diego, California - April 2019

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commissioning ceremony at Charleston, South Carolina - March 2, 2019

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commissioning ceremony at Charleston, South Carolina - March 2, 2019

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commissioning ceremony at Charleston, South Carolina - March 2, 2019

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commissioning ceremony at Charleston, South Carolina - March 2, 2019


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acceptance trials - Gulf of Mexico - July 2018

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acceptance trials - Gulf of Mexico - July 2018
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acceptance trials - Gulf of Mexico - July 2018

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acceptance trials - Gulf of Mexico - July 2018

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acceptance trials - Gulf of Mexico - July 2018

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after launching at Austal USA shipyard, Mobile, Alabama - September 13, 2017

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launching at Austal USA shipyard, Mobile, Alabama - September 13, 2017

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launching at Austal USA shipyard, Mobile, Alabama - September 13, 2017

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roll out at Austal USA shipyard, Mobile, Alabama - September 13, 2017

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roll out at Austal USA shipyard, Mobile, Alabama - September 13, 2017
  
 
USS Charleston (LCS 18):
 
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Charleston, South Carolina:
 
Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston-Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is located on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando rivers. Charleston had an estimated population of 134,875 in 2017. The estimated population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was 761,155 residents in 2016, the third-largest in the state and the 78th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.
 
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