USS Mobile (LCS-26)

USS Mobile (LCS-26) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.

[8][9] In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.

[10] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.

[13][14] The Navy accepted delivery of Mobile on 9 December 2020, during a ceremony held at the Austal USA shipyards.

[6][15] On 7 April 2024, Mobile conducted a joint patrol in the South China Sea with BRP Antonio Luna and BRP Valentin Diaz of the Philippine Navy, HMAS Warramunga of the Royal Australian Navy, and JS Akebono of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.