The Freedom and Independence variant of the Littoral Combat Ship is the U.S. Navy’s newest ... quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft. The LCS class consists of two variants, the Freedom ...

The Navy has accepted the third Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship Milwaukee (LCS-5) in a Friday ceremony, the service announced. The 3,400-ton ship is the sixth LCS overall to enter Navy service ...

The US Navy has commissioned into service the antepenultimate Freedom-class variant of the twin-design Littoral Combat Ship ...

The former Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) departs Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on Sept. 30 in preparations to be towed to Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Bremerton.

The USS Freedom (LCS 1) came out of the shipyard so top-heavy, stabilizing blisters (characterized on the waterfront as “butt-cheeks”) had to be welded on the stern of the ship. Then ...

The latest USN Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the Freedom-class USS Marinette (LCS 25) was commissioned on 16 September. It will be homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Florida. The ship was authorised ...

Jan. 16 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy has exercised a contract option with Lockheed Martin for construction of LCS 31, a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship that completes its plans for LCS procurement ...

15th Freedom-class LCS Built by Lockheed Martin ... according to the ship's commissioning committee. A versatile fighter Littoral combat ships are designed to support maritime security and deter ...

Tugs guide the USS Marinette as the littoral combat ship, commissioned in September, enters the Mayport basin that will be its homeport. Marinette is the 13th Freedom-variant LCS built.

Littoral Combat Ship – Why Did it Fail ... In no time, construction on the Freedom-class LCS USS Freedom and Independence-class LCS 2 USS Independence commenced. The Freedom-class LCSs ...

The littoral combat ship program was supposed to give the ... the 2023 fiscal year calling to decommission nine of the Freedom-class LCS vessels. The ships have been given the nickname in some ...