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Littoral Combat Ships are Breaking Apart at Sea
Independence class Littoral Combat Ships are suffering hull cracking in multiple locations along the hull. But that is just ...
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LCS MCM mission package makes deployment debut in Bahrain
USS Canberra (LCS 30) arrived at Naval Support Activity Bahrain on 22 May – the first LCS to deploy with the mine-countermeasures ...
General Dynamics Wins a $199M Contract to Support USS America Warship
GD lands $199M Navy contract to upgrade USS America, reinforcing its foothold in warship repair and modernization through ...
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Navy finally finds something the LCS is good at: Stopping drug smuggling
The oft-maligned Littoral Combat Ship, or LCS, may have found its true calling: chasing down smugglers. USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a Freedom-variant LCS, recently stopped two suspected drug ...
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See aboard the USS Beloit, the Navy's new $500 million littoral combat ship upgraded to fight near coastlines
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 ...
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What to know about the USS Beloit, naval combat ship being commissioned Saturday in Milwaukee
The future USS Beloit (LCS 29) is the U.S. Navy's newest combat ship and is named for the Wisconsin city. The 387-foot-long Freedom-variant littoral combat ship arrived Nov. 17 at Veterans Park ...
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The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Just Won’t Go Away
What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy recently accepted the USS Beloit, a Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) built by Lockheed Martin. -The USS Beloit is the 29th LCS to join the Navy ...
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Littoral combat ship USS Marinette joins Mayport LCS fleet shrunken by decommissioning
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.
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Littoral combat ship USS Marinette joins Mayport LCS fleet shrunken by decommissioning
Two months following its commissioning, the U.S. Navy’s newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship ... where the 388-foot ship was built, raises to seven the number of LCS operating at Mayport ...
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Littoral Combat Ship: How Did This Navy Warship Fail?
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 ...
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Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Marinette Littoral Combat Ship commissioned
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 ...
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US Navy christens final Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship
The US Navy, on 15 April, christened and launched the final Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Cleveland. The launch also marks the last time shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette ...