The USS Jason Dunham (DDG 107) tested BAE Systems' Hypervelocity Projectiles (HVP) as part of a fleet trial of Counter-UAS ...

USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship, made two drug busts within 72 hours, seizing more than $9.5 million of cocaine and roughly $2.8 million of marijuana. Navy photo.

The U.S. Navy has introduced a novel C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aerial System) capability to at least two of its Freedom-class LCS (Littoral Combat Ships), with USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS-21 ...

The USNI News report said that the US Navy plans to install the two systems on Freedom and Independence Littoral Combat Ships under the Over-the-Horizon (OTH) Weapons System upgrade, which looks ...

Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Nantucket (LCS-27), right, ports next to the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat, USS Constitution, as Nantucket arrives in Boston on Nov. 8, 2024.

For example, USS Milwaukee, a $750 million Freedom-class ship, was decommissioned last year after just eight years in service. The LCS was originally meant to serve for 25 years.

The U.S. Navy’s newest combat ship was commissioned in a Saturday ceremony held in Milwaukee, Wis., according to a Navy news release. The subject of the ceremony was the USS Beloit, a Freedom ...

BOSTON — A new warship joins the fleet. The Navy last weekend commissioned the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LSC) USS Nantucket (LCS 27) in Boston, Massachusetts.

The U.S. Navy welcomed another littoral combat ship into its ranks. The USS Nantucket, a Freedom-class littoral combat ship, was commissioned Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Charlestown Navy Ship Yard in ...

It is engaged in the construction of Freedom-variant LCS, which is a resilient and flexible warship. The AEGIS Combat System is the U.S. Navy’s most modern surface combat system.

The ship, which was commissioned in 2012 and is the oldest Freedom variant still in service, could change homeports in mid-2025, said Lt. Ayifa Brooks, public affairs officer for Mayport's LCS ...

However, first-of-class USS Freedom (LCS 1) was decommissioned in September 2021. USS Independence (LCS 2) was decommissioned in July 2021. Both had served the fleet for just over a decade.