The Littoral Combat Ship became one of the most controversial chapters in Navy history due to running over budget, ...

Just as there are unorthodox planes and cars, the same is true for ships — including those used for armed conflict.

The U.S. Navy announced it has accepted delivery of the future USS Pierre (LCS 38) on July 11, marking the completion of the ...

An American aircraft carrier’s departure from the Middle East comes alongside a reduction in Navy forces in the eastern ...

Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the ...

Nearly two dozen crew members were rescued from a burning cargo ship that caught fire off the Alaska coast earlier this week.

Lumut Naval Shipyard Littoral Combat Ship program director Capt. (Rtd) Rosnizam Che Puteh told Naval News at the 2025 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition that the May 8 “downslip” ...

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. Navy photo.

Step aboard the US Navy’s $500 million Littoral Combat Ship—a high-speed, high-tech warship designed for coastal missions. With advanced weaponry and modular capabilities, is it the future of ...

The USS Indianapolis is the first Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be modified to fire Hellfire missiles meant to take out enemy drones.

Disparaged, discontinued...and indispensable? Littoral combat ships take on real-world ops The battle-tested LCS has moved past its reliability problems, surface-forces leaders said.