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

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

[8] On 13 September 2016, Montgomery experienced two unrelated engineering casualties within a 24-hour period while transiting from Mobile, Alabama to her homeport of San Diego, California.

Due to the collision, a crack measuring a foot in length was caused amidships, approximately three feet above the waterline.

[10] On 29 October 2016 Montgomery sustained an 18-inch-long (46 cm) long crack to her hull while passing through the Panama Canal en route to her homeport in San Diego.