 On 18 September 2018, the Navy announced that two additional "Independence"-class ships, and one "Freedom"-class ship, have been ordered, with hull codes LCS-32, LCS-34 and LCS-29 respectively.On 10 October 2018, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer announced the names of LCS-29 as "Beloit", for Beloit, Wisconsin and LCS-32 as "Santa Barbara", for Santa Barbara, California.On 16 December 2018, the Navy announced that two additional "Independence"-class ships have been ordered with hull codes LCS-36, and LCS-38.