The Freedom-variant of the US Navy’s LCS class is a high-speed, agile, shallow-drafted, networked surface ship. The LCS 1 and follow-on ships (LCS 3, LCS 5, LCS 7, etc.) can operate in open ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy's Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Nantucket (LCS-27) was commissioned in ...

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.

The ship, which cost nearly $600 million to build, is the last Independence-class LCS to be built for the Navy.

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 ...

The Freedom-class ships are armed with a SeaRAM close-in weapon system that fires intercept missiles and a 57 mm gun capable of firing up to 220 rounds a minute.

The Navy’s last Independence-class littoral combat ship ... combat ships are fast, nimble vessels prized for their abilities in coastal areas and the open ocean. In the early 2000s, shipbuilders ...

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 crew, along with ...

The USS Indianapolis is the first Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be modified to fire Hellfire missiles ... although the Navy did not indicate that the littoral combat ship fired any weapons.

The USS Nantucket, a Freedom-class littoral combat ship, was commissioned Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Charlestown Navy Ship Yard in Boston. Check out our latest YouTube videos. Watch here 🎥 ...

The U.S. Navy announced it has completed acceptance trials for the final Independence variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the ...