The first Littoral Combat Ship outfitted with a mine countermeasures package has arrived for a rotational deployment to ...

Sailors stand a simulated watch on the bridge of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Integrated Tactical Trainer (ITT)-2B at the Littoral Training Facility on Naval Base San Diego, March 5, 2020.

Its 2023 shipbuilding plan would retire a quarter of its Littoral Combat Ships ... L(X) could bridge this gap by combining the logistical ease of an amphibious ship with the weapons and command ...

The U.S. Navy welcomed another littoral combat ship into its ranks. The USS Nantucket, a Freedom-class littoral combat ship, was commissioned Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Charlestown Navy Ship Yard in ...

The littoral combat ships were built to be operated by a relatively ... Commander Long was in his cabin near the bridge when a crew member brought him a sample of the ship’s engine oil.

They decide to build something that they call the littoral combat ship. And littoral is a word ... Long is in his state room right next to the bridge and a crew member comes in and brings him ...

The U.S. Navy is well underway in scrapping its fleet of littoral combat ships. The latest to hit the chopping block is the USS Milwaukee (LCS-5), which was decommissioned on Friday, Sept.

Austal USA celebrated the symbolic keel-laying Friday on what likely will be the last Littoral Combat Ship to enter U.S. Navy service, the beginning of the end for an ambitious, troubled ...

Moreover, the originally planned fleet of 55 LCSs was pared down to 35. But before one writes off the Littoral Combat Ship, consider this from James Holmes of Real Clear Defense regarding the ...

It’s a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), one of the most controversial classes of warships in the recent history of the Navy. A New Warship The USS Beloit is the twenty-ninth LCS ship to join the Navy.

The U.S. Navy once envisioned having a fleet of littoral combat ships; small, speedy warships capable of performing various duties in shallow, coastal waters. Since around 2005, the LCS ...

The littoral combat ship Little Rock arrives at Naval Station Mayport in 2018. (MC2 Amanda Battles/Navy) The Navy decommissioned littoral combat ships Detroit and Little Rock on Friday in Mayport ...