This is the second U.S. Navy vessel to be named after Pierre, the capital city of South Dakota. The ship’s sponsor is Larissa Thune, daughter of Senate Leader John Thune. Larissa welded her initials ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of ...

The final Independence-class LCS will now be retooled for mine warfare, and the ships may finally serve a helpful purpose, replacing aging minesweepers. It is just the second warship to be named for ...

USS Pierre — the last of the Navy’s troubled Independence class of littoral combat ships — has passed its sea trials and will be commissioned in San Diego this fall, the Navy says. The Pierre was ...

MOBILE, Ala. -- Austal USA has until 1 p.m. today to decide whether it will support the U.S. Navy's plan to purchase littoral combat ships from both Austal and Lockheed Martin instead of choosing one ...

Austal (ASX:ASB) has sank on Friday to lunchtime, losing a quarter of its value, after revealing in the middle of confessions season that its finance guys ‘double-counted’ a contract linked to a U.S.