USS Coronado (LCS 4) successfully completed final contract trials (FCT) on 6 June 2014. The trials, administered by the US Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey, were part of a series of post-delivery test and trial events through which the ship and its major systems were exercised. The four-day FCT began with pre-underway and material condition checks, followed by at-sea demonstrations. The trials tested the vessel's combat systems, 57mm gun, main propulsion and ability to full power and manoeuvring testing, and launch and recovery of the 11m rigid hull inflatable boat. LCS 4 will undergo a post shakedown availability this autumn. In 2015, the ship will execute an initial operation test and evaluation with a surface warfare mission package embarked and then deploy.
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