The surface force will net a total of seven Littoral Combat Ships after the Navy shelved plans to decommission the hulls ...

Why US Navy Can't Quit Its Flawed LCS. Facing a shrinking fleet and a widening naval gap with China, USNI reported this month that the US Navy is giving its troubled Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) a ...

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 ...

Known as LCS 29, the warship is designed for operations in both shallow waters and open seas. The Navy has retired several Freedom-class ships over maintenance costs and mission capability. The US ...

This in-depth lecture explores the full story of the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)—a vessel once envisioned as a ...

Once criticized, the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) proves its value by foiling drug runs in Caribbean missions, signaling a potential new future for the troubled fleet. Summary: While ...

The U.S. Navy’s decision to retire its first four Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) including the six-year-old USS Coronado has raised eyebrows among military observers and the public alike. While it may ...

Eventually the navy decided to halt construction of any more of the conventional monohull Freedom class LCS ships and rapidly retire those still in service. The fatal flaw in the monohull ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. USS Beloit, the US Navy's new littoral combat ship, was commissioned on Saturday. Known as LCS 29, the warship is designed for ...