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The Littoral Combat Ship Might Be the Navy’s Biggest Mistake Ever

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy is moving to retire several Littoral Combat Ships after barely a decade in service, an unusually early exit for frontline warships. -Conceived as fast, modular ...
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Navy finally finds something the LCS is good at: Stopping drug smuggling

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 ...
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Final Independence-class combat ship delivered to Navy

Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of a construction phase that’s lasted 15 years. The Alabama-based Austal ...
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Austal Delivers Final Independence-Class LCS to Navy

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 ...
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Littoral combat ships decommissioned at Mayport as new vessels are built; more cuts coming

Naval Station Mayport’s littoral combat ship fleet is smaller than it has been in years following the decommissioning of two vessels Friday, raising to four the number retired since August. Four other ...
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Surface Forces: LCS Renaissance

July 28, 2025: U.S. Navy is allowing the Marine Corps to have several trimaran Independence class Littoral Combat Ships/LCS ships as Littoral Explosive Ordnance Neutralization/LEON vessels. In plant ...
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First Littoral Combat Ship with MCM Mission Package Arrives in Bahrain

Cmdr. Bill Golden, center, commanding officer of the littoral combat ship USS Canberra’s (LCS-30) Blue Crew, gives a tour of the ship’s bridge in Manama, Bahrain, May 26, 2025. US Navy Photo The first ...
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What’s behind the Littoral Combat Ships' failures?

Designed for fast, coastal missions, the Littoral Combat Ship was meant to be the “Swiss Army knife” of the U.S. Navy. But today, the LCS program is dealing with serious issues - from structural ...
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VIDEO: Littoral Combat Ship Builder’s Trials

The future USS Little Rock™s (LCS 9) Builder™s Trials were completed in Lake Michigan on Aug. 17. The sea trials tested the ship’s performance under a variety of conditions, including situations not ...
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Did the Navy steal the design for one of its new Littoral Combat Ships?

The Navy has been accused of stealing design elements for its Littoral Combat Ship and refusing to play the inventor who came up with them. In this case, the accusation may well have weight. Share on ...
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LCS-1 Crew Finds Seawater Contamination In Ship System

For a second time in a week the U.S. Navy’s first-of-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1) is in need of repairs. The USS Freedom was pierside in Singapore Oct. 24, making preparations to get underway ...