USS Jackson (LCS-6)

USS Jackson (LCS-6) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She will be the first ship to be named for Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.

Construction began on 1 August 2011 with the first cutting of aluminum at Austal USA's Modular Manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama. The name of the ship was announced on 5 October 2011.