The final Independence-class LCS will now be retooled for mine warfare, and the ships may finally serve a helpful purpose, replacing aging minesweepers.

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Pierre (LCS 38) from Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, ...

Business Insider recently set sail aboard the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner for an overnight trip from England to France.

Independence class Littoral Combat Ships are suffering hull cracking in multiple locations along the hull. But that is just the tip of the problem ...

USS Beloit, the US Navy's new littoral combat ship, was commissioned on Saturday. Known as LCS 29, the warship is designed for operations in both shallow waters and open seas. The Navy has retired ...

Naval Station Mayport’s fleet is gaining two littoral combat ships following the commissioning of some of the final vessels built for that multipurpose fighting role. The USS Beloit entered Navy ...

The U.S. Navy christened the USS Pierre Littoral Combat Ship (LCS38) Saturday morning in a ceremony at Mobile, Alabama.

2 Littoral Combat Ships decommissioned at Mayport FILE - The USS Detroit, a Freedom-class of littoral combat ship, arrives Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in Detroit.

Littoral combat ships are expected to serve 25 years. But the Little Rock and the Detroit were less than a decade old.

Naval Station Mayport’s littoral combat ship fleet is smaller than it has been in years following the decommissioning of two vessels Friday, raising to four the number retired since August. Four ...

Naval Station Mayport’s littoral combat ship fleet is smaller than it has been in years following the decommissioning of two vessels Friday, raising to four the number retired since August. Four ...