A Program Built on Promise and Delivered with Problems Few modern American warships have drawn as much criticism as the ...

Littoral combat ships are prized for their abilities in coastal areas and open ocean, but the Freedom variant was quickly ...

The U.S. Navy is moving to retire several Littoral Combat Ships after barely a decade in service, an unusually early exit for ...

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. The ...

Naval Station Mayport’s fleet is gaining two littoral combat ships following the commissioning of some of the final vessels built for that multipurpose fighting role. The USS Beloit entered Navy ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest ship, the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Pierre (LCS 38) in a ceremony ...

The U.S. Navy will commission the future USS Beloit (LCS 29), a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, on Nov. 23, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.As the ship’s sponsor, retired Army Maj. Gen. Marcia M.

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Nantucket (LCS-27) was commissioned in Boston, Massachusetts. As the fourteenth ship in its class, Nantucket is ...

Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to the Navy Friday, the shipbuilder announced. Future USS Pierre (LCS-38), the second U.S. ship to be named after South Dakota’s ...

Both LCS designs were supposed to be for ships displacing 2,500 tons, with a full load draft of under 3.3 meters, permitting access to very shallow green and even brown coastal and riverine waters ...

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, designed ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, — After losing four littoral combat ships last year, Mayport’s fleet of Naval warships is about to grow by two vessels. The USS Nantucket completed its two-month-long journey from ...