June 26 (UPI) --Austal USA is receiving a not-to-exceed Congressional cost-cap contract for $584.2 million for the construction of an Independence-class littoral combat ship and associated services.

-(Allegedly) under-armed and unable to survive in hostile combat environments Accordingly, several of the LCS warships—including LCS-1 and LCS-2 no less ... the Littoral Combat Ship, consider ...

The Freedom and Independence variant of the Littoral Combat Ship is the U.S. Navy’s newest ... Bath Iron Works (LCS 2 and LCS 4) and Austal USA (for the subsequent even-numbered hulls).

Austal USA celebrated the symbolic keel-laying Friday on what likely will be the last Littoral Combat Ship to enter U.S. Navy ... “We all know what lemon cars are. We have a fleet of lemon ...

Here are eight takeaways from ProPublica’s report on the Navy’s littoral combat ... car or passenger ferries. As the Navy began to apply tougher standards, costs soared. 2.

“Littoral Combat Ship Squadron (LCSRON) 2 is providing chaplain and mental health support to the ship’s crew. Cmdr. Janet Brooms will be assigned as executive officer,” it adds. Volkle’s ...

The Cleveland and its crew will be assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron 2 (LCSRON TWO), homeported in Mayport, Florida. From there, it will deploy around the globe.