USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.

With 35 LCSs now active or planned, the type is the Navy's second largest number of surface warfare ships in production, next only to its guided missile destroyers.

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

[9][1] Following the completion of sea trials on 3 June 2022, the ship was accepted by the Navy on 21 July 2022.

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