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The U.S. Navy’s Big Littoral Combat Ship Mistake Still Stings

As the final Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is delivered, a review of the program’s mixed legacy shows it was a gamble that ...
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program is presented as a deeply flawed naval experiment. The decision to build two competing ...
The Freedom-class LCS isn't a large warship like the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, designed to stay near the coast ...
The future USS Pierre, the last of 19 Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships built by Austal USA, makes its final departure ...
The U.S. Navy will commission one of its newest ships, the USS Pierre (LCS 38), during a ceremony here on Nov. 15.
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1) USS Freedom’s ship service diesel generators (SSDG) continue to give the vessel fits, recently causing the LCS to lose propulsion briefly while heading out to ...
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 ...
While the U.S. Navy still officially counts the Griffin missile as part of the Littoral Combat Ship’s (LCS) surface warfare (SUW) module package, the service is now testing the system aboard other ...
Panama City will host the commissioning of the USS Pierre (LCS 38) on Nov. 15 at the Port of Panama City. According to a news ...
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...