180723-N-TP834-0017 NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (July 23, 2018) - Electronics Technician 1st Class Christopher Barber, from Lenore, North Carolina, salutes the National Ensign during morning colors aboard littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4). Coronado is one of nine LCS homeported in San Diego and is assigned to Commander, LCS Squadron One. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class John Wagner/RELEASED)
062918-N-VV532-001 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 29, 2018) - USS Montgomery (LCS 8) conducts a live-fire exercise with the ship's MK 110 MOD 0 57mm Gun Weapon System. The exercise was part of Combat Systems Ship Qualifications Trials (CSSQT) during which the crew demonstrates complete operability of the ship's entire combat systems suite. LCS is a high-speed, agile, shallow draft, mission-focused surface combatant designed for operations in the littoral environment, yet fully capable of open ocean operations. As part of the surface fleet, LCS has the ability to counter and outpace evolving threats independently or within a network of surface combatants. (U.S. Navy video by Electronics Technician First Class Adam Ross/RELEASED)
SAN DIEGO (July 16, 2018) – Sailors aboard the Independence variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) successfully completed Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT), July 1.
During the qualification, the crew conducted several trials to validate the performance of their combat systems suite, involving firing exercises and using their 57mm gun against a fast attack craft. The exercise is designed to test the ship's ability to track and disable high-speed maneuvering surface targets.
“The entire Montgomery team has put a lot of hard work and dedication into completing all the required inspections and trials,” said Cmdr. Wayne Liebold, commanding officer and a native of Leesburg, Georgia. “I am proud of...
