{"id":28557,"date":"2018-08-07T19:53:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T19:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/07\/lcs-charleston-heads-toward-active-navy-duty\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:10:19","slug":"lcs-charleston-heads-toward-active-navy-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/08\/07\/lcs-charleston-heads-toward-active-navy-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"LCS Charleston heads toward active Navy duty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHARLESTON, S.C. \u2014 The U.S. Navy says that a littoral combat ship named Charleston has completed its last major in-water systems check and is headed toward active duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/business\/a-navy-ship-named-after-charleston-is-cruising-toward-active\/article_d513999a-8b63-11e8-b4b2-2380413c263e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Post and Courier reported<\/a> Monday that the USS Charleston will report for active duty in San Diego, California, in the next few months. 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It\u2019ll be part of a fleet of eight sister combat ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/09\/21\/new-navy-destroyer-to-be-commissioned-in-south-carolina\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2539761.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">New Navy destroyer to be commissioned in South Carolina<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A new Navy destroyer named for a Marine who died in Vietnam will be commissioned in South Carolina next year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The USS Charleston was built in Mobile, Alabama, by Austal USA under a 12-vessel contract valued at $3.5 billion. 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