Overview
- USS Pierre (LCS 38) was commissioned on November 15, 2025, in Panama City, Florida, as the 19th and last Independence-variant LCS.
- Built by Austal USA in Alabama, the ship will be home-ported in San Diego and is the second U.S. Navy vessel to carry the Pierre name.
- The Independence design uses a lightweight aluminum trimaran with a shallow draft under 14 feet, a large flight deck, and an expansive internal mission bay.
- Reported specifications include roughly 3,000 metric tons displacement, about 418 feet in length, a 104-foot beam, speeds above 40 knots, and a range of approximately 4,300 nautical miles.
- The class operates with modular mission packages and hosts unmanned systems, with recent missions including mine countermeasures deployments and mothership roles for unmanned surface vessels.