U.S. Navy Shelves Mine Warfare LCS Middle East Deployment Plans, Evacuates NSA Bahrain, Amid War With Iran

Naval News – The USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32), the second of a trio of Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships with the mine countermeasures mission package, has sailed east to Port Klang, Malaysia after an extended port visit to Kochi, India. It follows the evacuation of U.S. Navy ships from Naval Support Activity Bahrain.