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Business Insider recently set sail aboard the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner for an overnight trip from England to France.
The Littoral Combat Ship became one of the most controversial chapters in Navy history due to running over budget, ...
Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the ...
The delivery of the final Independence-class vessel closes a significant and controversial chapter in US naval shipbuilding ...
The ship, which cost nearly $600 million to build, is the last Independence-class LCS to be built for the Navy.
Independence class Littoral Combat Ships are suffering hull cracking in multiple locations along the hull. But that is just the tip of the problem ...
The final Independence-class LCS will now be retooled for mine warfare, and the ships may finally serve a helpful purpose, ...
After troubled progress with the Littoral Combat Ship programme, the US Navy plans to commission USS Pierre (LCS 38) this autumn.
The littoral combat ship program was launched following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, designed as small, quick ships that could operate close to the shore and handle a range of missions such as ...