 On 13 February 2018, Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer announced the name of LCS-27 as "Nantucket".On 18 September 2018, the Navy announced that two additional "Independence"-class ships, and one "Freedom"-class ship, have been ordered.On 15 January 2019, the Navy exercised an option in their contract with Lockheed Martin to purchase a single "Freedom"-class variant, which will be numbered LCS-31.