Straits Times 17 Oct 2016.
The first of the Independence class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has been deployed to Singapore. USS Coronando (LCS-4) docked in Singapore's Changi Naval Base on 16 Oct 2016 after participating in the multi-national RimPac 2016 (Rim of the Pacific exercise).
Previously, the Freedom class LCS, USS Freedom (LCS 1) and USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) were rotated for deployment to Singapore.
Coronado is also the first LCS to deploy with the Harpoon over-the-horizon anti-ship The inaugural launch of a Harpoon Block 1C missile from a LCS was successfully conducted during RimPac on 19 July.
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