Military website Armstrade reported that “Austal USA recently delivered the LCS-32 (Santa Barbara) to the US Navy, and the ship has received a distinctive hull design that helps it move at high speed.”

And the site indicated in a social media post that the Santa Barbara is the 16th ship that Austal USA is building for the US Army and the 32nd ship in the US LCS ship project. Work began on the manufacture of this ship. in October 2020, and was first launched last fall.

Each LCS is approximately 127.4 meters long, 31.6 meters wide, displaces 2,787 tons, and is capable of traveling at 47 knots and covering 4,300 miles on each mission. , and can be relied upon both as a support ship in the Navy’s demining operations, and as a combat ship capable of fighting hostile naval targets in the seas and near coastal areas.