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.

Both of the ships that now call Mayport home will be part of Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two, which will eventually consist of all the U.S. Navy’s Freedom-variant littoral ships. The Freedom ...

What You Need to Know: The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS ... USS Freedom (LCS-1) was the lead ship of the first class, built by Fincantieri Marine Group, laid down on June 2, 2005, launched on ...

The U.S. Navy’s proposal to buy Littoral Combat Ships from two teams instead ... congressional auditors said. “A second ship design provided under the dual-award strategy could provide the ...

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).

A Royal Malaysian Navy service member stands by for the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS ... the Department of the Navy – $53.2 billion for the Marine Corps and ...

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.

-(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 ...